Sino-Japanese relations have descended into poisonous acrimony in recent years in battles over history and disputed territory, leaving the United States--still east Asia's major power--a virtual bystander.
Can Japan and China restore relations to build a more productive partnership? And what are the interests of the United States, a longstanding defence ally of Japan and increasingly a strategic rival of China's, in Sino-Japanese ties? Do U.S. strategic interest ultimately benefit from a situation where Asia's two great indigenous powers are at odds?
Speaker
Richard McGregor
Public Policy Fellow, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States and Former Beijing and Washington Bureau Chief, Financial Times
Discussant
Mike M. Mochizuki
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Moderator
Robert Daly
Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States