China incorporates an open economic sector within an authoritarian political system. Progress in liberalizing economic activity has not been accompanied by comparable advances in democracy and human rights as had been anticipated by many in the developed world. Will China continue to achieve rapid economic growth based on this model and will its policies be emulated by other emerging societies?
Speaker Biography
Dr. Halper is Director of Political–Military Studies at the Center for the National Interest (formerly the Nixon Center) in Washington, D.C. Dr. Halper served in the White House Office of the Chief of Staff and then as Assistant Secretary of State during the Nixon, Ford and Reagan Administrations.
Stefan Halper’s recent books on foreign affairs include America Alone (Cambridge University Press, 2005), The Silence of the Rational Center (Basic Books, 2007) and The Beijing Consensus (Basic Books, 2010). The latter is described by Washington analysts as “the most important book to have appeared in the past decade on China and US policy toward that emerging great power.”
Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, said: “Stefan Halper provides a thoughtful and well-researched book that addresses the impact of China’s market-authoritarian model on global affairs in the century before us. Halper points to a ‘battle of ideas’ in which China challenges Western concepts of governance while appealing to the developing world with a model for growth and stability.”
His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other newspapers and magazines. He is a frequent commentator on national security and foreign policy issues for the print and broadcast media.
Dr. Halper’s research interests and lectures are centered on US foreign policy, international security matters, China and Afghanistan. Professor Halper received his advanced degrees from Oxford (D. Phil.) and Cambridge (Ph.D. ) He divides his time between Great Falls, Virginia, and Cambridge, UK.
