William H. Overholt, Director, Rand Center for Asia-Pacific Policy

Duration

1:07:32

The World Shifts East: What it Means for the United States

William H. Overholt, Director, Rand Center for Asia-Pacific Policy; Author, Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics

Robert Scalapino, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley - Moderator

Overholt argues that our relationships with Asian countries are based upon obsolete Cold War attitudes. Zbigniew Brzezinski describes Overholt’s new book as “a sweeping tour d’horizon of Asia’s profoundly changing geopolitical landscape, presented with zest and bold judgments.”

This program was recorded in front of a live audience on March 19, 2008

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