The Pacific Century

The Pacific Century Talks With Nadege Rolland

Misha and John Discover “China’s Vision for a New World Order."

The Pacific CenturyJune 11, 2020
The Pacific Century Talks With Nadege Rolland

Michael Auslin and John Yoo welcome Nadege Rolland to the podcast.After working as a China analyst for the French Government for two decades, Rolland joined the National Bureau of Asian Research as a senior fellow. Her new report, “China’s Vision for a New World Order” discusses how the Chinese Communist Party is using “discourse power” to delegitimize liberal ideas and values and reshape global norms. Beijing is then challenging Western and American ideas of what the global order should look like, in order to create its own hegemony. Rolland sees this new hegemony as partial, loose, and malleable, stretching across the globe, with a particular focus on the Global South. 

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Michael Auslin

Michael Auslin

John Yoo

John Yoo

Nadege Rolland

Nadege Rolland

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