The Avoidable U.S.-China War – With Condoleezza Rice and Kevin Rudd

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable.

Join the Hoover Institution and Asia Society Northern California for a special conversation with former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice and former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd on Thursday, October 6 from 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific. At his only Northern California-based event, Rudd will talk with Dr. Rice who heads Hoover Institution about his new book .

This in-person program is complimentary and will take place at the Everett And Jane Hauck Auditorium at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University (435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305).

The relationship between the US and China, the world’s two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault—of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily.

The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls “managed strategic competition.” Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world.

This event is the fourth of eight in our popular Seeking Truth Through Facts U.S.-China Program Series, which focuses on new strategic frameworks for the bilateral relationship, plurilateral relationships, rebalancing trade, national security, technology, and climate change; as well as the global impact of the political and economic landscape. This program will lead up to our annual Future of U.S. & China Conference held in January 2023.

Date: Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Pacific

• 4:00 pm     In-Person Registration & Networking
• 4:30 pm     Event Begins
• 5:30 pm     Event Concludes, In-Person Book Signing Begins
• 6:00 pm     Book Signing Concludes

Venue:

Stanford University

Hoover Institution

Everett And Jane Hauck Auditorium

435 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305

All guests must show ID and proof of vaccination before entry, and are encouraged to bring a mask.

The Honorable Kevin Rudd became president and CEO of Asia Society in January 2021 and has been president of the Asia Society Policy Institute since January 2015. He served as Australia's 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, then as Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012, before returning as Prime Minister in 2013. Learn more here.

Condoleezza Rice (Moderator) is the Tad and Dianne Taube Director of the Hoover Institution and the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy. In addition, she is a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm. Learn more here.

Host or Publisher Asia Society Northern California