Trump 2.0 and the future of U.S.-China relations

Lincoln Hines is an assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to this, he was an assistant professor for the West Space Seminar at the U.S. Air War College. His research focuses on Chinese foreign policy and security, the politics of outer space, and issues of prestige and nationalism in world politics. He is a security fellow with the Truman National Security Project and was previously a Guggenheim predoctoral fellow at the National Air and Space Museum, a visiting researcher at Peking University’s School of International Studies, and a nonresident WSD-Handa Fellow at the Pacific Forum. He holds a BA in foreign affairs and East Asian Studies from the University of Virginia, an MA in international affairs from the American University School of International Service, and an MA and PhD in government from Cornell University.

Wendy Weile Zhou is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Virginia's East Asia Center and the Miller Center, and she is a lecturer in the department of media studies. She holds a PhD in communication studies from Georgia State University and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Hong Kong. As a critical cultural scholar, her research focuses on Chinese political discourse, global/transnational journalism, Asian/Chinese diaspora media and communication, and the broader intersection of race and gender in the media landscape.

Mara Rudman is a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center, where she directs the Ripples of Hope Project, aimed at identifying practical approaches to help democratic leaders resolve key challenges. She serves on the 2022 National Defense Strategy Commission and the Howard University College of Arts and Sciences board of advisors. Rudman also consults for Democracy Forward. She was previously executive vice president for policy at the Center for American Progress, and her government positions have included serving as deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs in the Obama and Clinton administrations; deputy envoy for the Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace at the U.S. Department of State; assistant administrator for the Middle East at the U.S. Agency for International Development; and chief counsel to the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She holds an AB from Dartmouth College and a JD from Harvard Law School.