What do the shifts in relations between the United States and China mean for America's allies in Asia? Two leading scholars in the US-China relationship, Bonnie Glaser and Bruce Jentleson, looked at the foreign policy paradox: US allies are seeking closer American ties to counterbalance China's growing power while also fostering better relations with Beijing.
Bonnie Glaser
Director of the Asia Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States
Bonnie Glaser is director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. She was previously senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. For more than three decades, Glaser has worked at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and US policy.
Professor Bruce Jentleson
Professor of Political Science, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Bruce W. Jentleson visited the US Studies Centre in 2012. Jentleson is Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University, where he previously served as Director of the Terry Sanford Institute (now Sanford School) of Public Policy. He is a leading scholar of American foreign policy and has served in a number of US policy and political positions. In 2015-16 he was the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the John W. Kluge Center, Library of Congress.
