R.Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science at the University of Chicago Mr. John J. Mearsheimer

Dialogues with Professor Wu Xiaoqiu:

Are China and the United States involved in “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics” ?

Hosts: Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY)

China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center, Renmin University of China

Time: Tuesday October 15th, 2019, 15:00 – 17:00

Venue: No.1 Lecture hall, Yifu Conference Center, Renmin University of China

Languages: Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation offered

Moderator: Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RDCY, Executive Director of China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center, Renmin University of China

Keynote Speaker:

John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in Political Science at the University of Chicago, he is one of the nation’s leading experts on international relations and has written extensively about military issues and international politics. He has published five books: Conventional Deterrence (1983), which won the Edgar S. Furniss, Jr., Book Award; Liddell Hart and the Weight of History (1988); The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (2014), which won the Georgetown University Joseph Lepgold Book Prize; The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy with Stephen Walt (2007) and Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics (2011).

Wu Xiaoqiu, Vice President of Renmin University of China, Director of China-US People-to-People Exchange Research Center, Director of the Institute of Finance and Securities, First Class Professor (Finance), Vice Chairman of Academic Committee of Renmin University of China, and Distinguished Professor of Chang Jiang Scholars, Ministry of Education (2007). Professor Wu Xiaoqiu is a scholar with great influence in the field of capital market research in China's economics field. He is an important pioneer in China's securities teaching, scientific research, personnel training and capital market theory research.

Agenda:

15:00-15:05  Introduction by Moderator Dr. Wang Wen

15:05-15:45  Keynote Speech by Mr. John J. Mearsheimer

15:45-16:15  Remark by Prof. Wu Xiaoqiu

16:15-16:35  Dialogue and Discussion

16:35-17:00  Q&A