Strained Cooperation or a Final Rupture? China–U.S. Relations Amidst a Global Pandemic

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The discourse surrounding Sino–U.S. relations in the past decade has often been framed in the context of the "Thucydides Trap," where conflict between a rising power (China) and the world's incumbent power (America) is inevitable. The global pandemic has heightened international tensions and is testing global cooperation frameworks. In this forum, the School of Advanced International Studies' Adam Webb, American co-director of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center and resident professor of political science; David Arase, resident professor of international politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center; and David Bulman, assistant professor of international affairs and China studies and director of the Pacific Community Initiative, will discuss how the global pandemic is impacting international relations.