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Time for a reset? U.S.-China relations during the Biden administration

Have major recent developments in China and the United States raised the possibility that the U.S.-China relationship, which has become increasingly strained over the last 10 years, might now move in new and more positive directions? The first panel discusses the November 2020 elections in the United States, providing an analysis of the election campaigns, the electoral process, the outcomes of the elections, and the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration. It will then examine the Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee in October, which discussed the foreign and domestic economic policies underlying China’s new five-year plan that will begin in 2021. The second panel analyzes the implications of these events for Chinese policy toward the U.S. and American policy toward China, assessing the prospects for both change and continuity.
William Antholis
MC Presents

Time for a reset? U.S.-China relations during the Biden administration

Have major recent developments in China and the United States raised the possibility that the U.S.-China relationship, which has become increasingly strained over the last 10 years, might now move in new and more positive directions? The first panel discusses the November 2020 elections in the United States, providing an analysis of the election campaigns, the electoral process, the outcomes of the elections, and the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration. It will then examine the Fifth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee in October, which discussed the foreign and domestic economic policies underlying China’s new five-year plan that will begin in 2021. The second panel analyzes the implications of these events for Chinese policy toward the U.S. and American policy toward China, assessing the prospects for both change and continuity.
Syaru Shirley Lin
UVA Today

Explaining the 25th Amendment: William Antholis joins C-SPAN

On Friday, two days after a mob supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, William Antholis, director and CEO of the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs, went on C-SPAN to discuss the 25th Amendment. In the aftermath of Wednesday’s insurrection, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers have called on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the amendment, which outlines provisions for a vice president to declare a president unfit for office and become the acting president. Antholis discussed the text of the amendment and its history, characterizing it as an attempted fix to a lingering question from the days of America’s founding: What happens if a president becomes incapable of carrying out his or her duties?
William Antholis
BYU Radio

Bipartisan Election Class

Anymore these days, it’s hard for people on opposite ends of the political spectrum to talk civilly about American politics. So the cards were stacked against Jennifer Lawless–a democratic candidate for Congress and board member of Planned Parenthood–and Mary Kate Cary–who worked as a speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and communications director for the Republican National Committee–when they signed up to co-teach a course about the 2020 election at the University of Virginia.
Jennifer Lawless
BYU Radio

Bipartisan Election Class

Anymore these days, it’s hard for people on opposite ends of the political spectrum to talk civilly about American politics. So the cards were stacked against Jennifer Lawless–a democratic candidate for Congress and board member of Planned Parenthood–and Mary Kate Cary–who worked as a speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and communications director for the Republican National Committee–when they signed up to co-teach a course about the 2020 election at the University of Virginia.
Mary Kate Cary