China – Nadège Rolland

Global Law and Business

In Episode #54, we are joined by Nadège Rolland, Senior Fellow for Political and Security Affairs at the National Bureau of Asian Research.

We discuss:

• How the June 1989 Tiananmen Square protests helped spark Nadège's interest in China.

• Working in the French national security establishment, and how it differs from its U.S. counterpart.

• The March 2021 Anchorage meeting between Secretary of State Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang.

• China-Europe relations, and the tensions between European countries' values and their economic interests.

• Why China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) should be of concern to the rest of the world.

• The prospect of partial decoupling and the emergence of a subsystem where China is dominant.

• Listening, and watching recommendations from:

  • Nadège

    • Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, by Barbara Demick

  • Jonathan

    • Indialogue, by Aman Thakker

  • Fred

    • The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Netflix)