704Z Spring 2025 U.S./China Relations and the Search for a New International Order

This class will explore American, Chinese, and East Asian relations based on a review of our competing intellectual histories and political development, with a view to determining a proper course for U.S. foreign policy. The primary resource will be the instructor’s unpublished manuscript based on his academic and government work that occurred over a thirty-year career. Further readings can be pursued through the footnotes and references in the text. Given the election of Donald J. Trump to a second term as president, we will discuss the apparent triumph of nationalist/realist perspectives in American foreign policy and how these relate to East Asia and the multilateral international order.

Stephen Wickman is an international economist and national security expert with more than 27 years of experience in China, Korea, and Japan. He was the U.S. consul general in Shenyang, China (2007-2010). He has an MS in Strategic Studies from the National War College, National Defense University and an MA International Economics, Johns Hopkins SAIS.