Keynote speaker

Professor David Shambaugh

The conference’s keynote speaker, Professor David Shambaugh, is one of the most respected US-based specialists on China today.

A prolific writer, speaker and broadcaster, his latest book: China Goes Global: The Partial Power, has been acclaimed as the most insightful account to date of China’s rise to power. The Economist praised it as "a fascinating and scholarly challenge to the received wisdom about China’s rise". The Wilson Centre called it "the book many have been waiting for—a sweeping account of China’s growing prominence on the international stage". Foreign Affairs called it "a masterful survey of China’s presence on the world scene". Joseph Nye called the book "a must-read".

David Shambaugh is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University, Washington DC. Earlier he directed the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and was Reader in Chinese Politics at the School of Oriental & African Studies in the University of London, when he was editor of the China Quarterly. His other recent books include China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaption; and Power Shift: China and Asia’s New Dynamics.