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A Discussion with Dr. Ely Ratner
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Has the U.S. Been Fighting the Wrong AI War? A Q&A with Hao Chen
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A Conversation with Tony Saich: Mao, Xi, and the Politics of Party History
Tony Saich, director of the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, recently sat down for a discussion with the Ash Center on his two upcoming articles comparing the leadership of Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping: “Is Xi Jinping the Mao Zedong of the New Era” (in Notebooks: The Journal for Studies on Power) and “The Chairman of Everything: Mao Zedong and Xi Jinping” (in an edited volume by Benjamin Hillman, Australian National University Press, 2027).
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Has the U.S. Been Fighting the Wrong AI War? A Q&A with Hao Chen
Hao Chen, Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia, answers questions about his forthcoming paper “China’s Diffusion-Forward AI Strategy: Chatbots, Robots, and Political Economic Possibilities,” co-authored by Meg Rithmire, James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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A Discussion with Dr. Ely Ratner
In a conversation moderated by Edward Cunningham, Director of Ash Center China Programs and the Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, Dr. Ely Ratner joins the Rajawali Foundation to examine U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific, highlighting key geopolitical risks, private sector implications, and the region’s strategic and economic importance.
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Indonesian Language Class – October 30
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Journalist Dai Qing and Deng Xiaoping in 1989: A Conversation between Ms. Dai Qing and Professor Rana Mitter
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Indonesian Language Class – November 6
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