7 – The Realist Debate over How to Respond to China

IS: Off the Page by Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Jun 24, 202500:30:54Science & Medicine

Guests: Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. International Security Article: Stephen M. Walt, “ Hedging on Hegemony: The Realist Debate over How...

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