Temple University Japan Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Lessons of the Ukraine War for China
Speaker: David M. Finkelstein, Vice President and Director of CNA's China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division.

Moderator: Robert Dujarric, Temple University Japan.

Monday 6 June 2022 09:00-10:15 Tokyo
08:00 Beijing/Taipei/Singapore - 09:00 Seoul

Sunday 5 June 20:00 Washington DC -- 17:00 California -- 15:00 Hawaii


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The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is primarily a European war. However, its conduct and outcome has enormous implications for China. During the Beijing Olympics, a few weeks prior to the war, Beijing and Moscow pledged a "no limits" partnership. Both countries have emphasized their security partnership for many years. Dr. Finkelstein, a leading expert on the PLA with decades of experience in government and research, will help us understand what lessons the Chinese military and the CCP might be drawing from the war in Ukraine.


Speaker:

Dr. David M. Finkelstein is vice president and director of CNA's China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. A long-time student of Chinese and Asian affairs, he is widely published. His From Abandonment to Salvation: Washington's Taiwan Dilemma, 1949-50 (GMU Press), was hailed in Presidential Studies Quarterly as "blazing a new trail" and as certain to "take an important place in the literature of U.S.-China relations in the mid-20th Century." He is also co-editor of China's Leadership in the 21st Century: The Rise of the Fourth Generation; Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949; China's Revolution in Doctrinal Affairs: Recent Trends in the Operational Art of the Chinese People's Liberation Army; and Civil-Military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea.


A retired U.S. Army officer, Dr. Finkelstein held command and staff positions at the platoon, company, battalion, and major Army command levels. He held significant China-related positions at the Pentagon as an advisor to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served on the faculty at the United States Military Academy, where he taught Chinese history.

Dr. Finkelstein holds a Ph.D. in Chinese history from Princeton University, and he is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College, and the Army War College. He studied Chinese in Tianjin at Nankai University (Bio: https://www.cna.org/about-us/leadership/center-for-naval-analyses/david-finkelstein).



Moderator

Robert Dujarric, Co-Director, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan.

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ICAS
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
icas@tuj.temple.edu