February 21, 2023
Hoover Institution | Stanford University
The Hoover Project on China’s Global Sharp Power invites you to Xi Jinping’s Power Concentration and Foreign Policy Implications after the 20th Party Congress on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 12:00 - 1:15 PM PT.
General Secretary Xi Jinping further consolidated his power into an all-powerful empire at the CCP 20th National Congress. How has the leadership lineup changed CCP elite politics? How has Xi reached this point of power? What are the foreign policy implications of Xi’s power concentration? Suisheng Zhao will explore these questions in a talk based on his new book, The Dragon Roars back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy, which argues that the unique visions and political wisdom of transformational leaders have been game-changers in Chinese foreign policy.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Suisheng Zhao is professor and director of the Center for China-US Cooperation at Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Contemporary China and the author and editor of more than two dozen books. His most recent book is The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy (Stanford University Press, 2022). A former Campbell National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, he received his Ph.D. degree in political science from the University of California-San Diego.
Glenn Tiffert is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a historian of modern China. He co-chairs the Hoover project on China’s Global Sharp Power and works closely with government and civil society partners to document and build resilience against authoritarian interference with democratic institutions. Most recently, he co-authored and edited Global Engagement: Rethinking Risk in the Research Enterprise (2020).
