Jointly Organized by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies and the China Centre of the University of Oxford, June 5, 2018, Oxford, England
“Probing Authoritarian Resilience and Fragility in China: Lessons from Social Science and History”
"The Complexities of the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Political and Economic Embrace"
James Kynge, Claremont Mckenna College
Keynote Address
Reflections on the Resilience and Fragilities of the Chinese Communist Party Rule since Tiananmen
PANEL ONE
Presenters:
Patricia Thornton
”The Robustness of China’s Institutions”
University of Oxford
Minxin Pei
”The End of the Post-Tiananmen Order”
Claremont McKenna College
Rana Mitter
Discussion Chair
University of Oxford
How Dictatorships Survive and Fall: Three Comparative Perspectives
PANEL TWO
Presenters:
Rod Camp
”Lessons from Mexican Democracy”
Claremont McKenna College
Hilary Appel
”Lessons from the Soviet Collapse”
Claremont McKenna College
Hicham Bou Nassif
”Resilience of Authoritarian Regimes”
Claremont McKenna College
Looking at the Future of China: Durability and Risks of Xi Jinping’s New Order
PANEL THREE
Presenters:
Minxin Pei
”The New Order under Xi Jinping”
Claremont McKenna College
Gordon Orr
”Lessons from the Soviet Collapse”
Emeritus Director, McKinsey
Matthew Erie
”Law”
Claremont McKenna College
The International Environment and the Future of One-Party Rule in China
PANEL FOUR
Presenters:
Aseema Sinha
” India-China Relations”
Claremont McKenna College
John Farnell
”China and the EU”
University of Oxford
Paul Irwin Crookes
”China and the UK”
University of Oxford