On 17 Mar, INSS China's Center's Dr. Phillip Saunders and Dr. Joel Wuthnow joined Dennis Wilder in conversation with Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise for a discussion at Georgetown University of their new book China’s Quest for Military Supremacy (2025).
China's military has entered a new era. It has acquired modern weapons to rival the world’s finest, undergone a massive restructuring under Xi Jinping, and been on the frontlines of territorial disputes with Japan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is readying forces to be able to seize Taiwan sometime in the next decade. It aims to be a "world-class" military on par with the United States.
Video of the event can be seen below.
This event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues and the Asian Studies Program at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.