This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event.
To register and access live stream links, visit the event page on our website: https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-chinas-military-and-security-diplomacy-central-asia
Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live.
Please join us for the 4th Annual Edward A. Allworth Memorial Lecture, given by Erica Marat (National Defense University).
China has emerged as a global provider of public goods in large part thanks its Belt & Road Initiative. What's less noticed is China's expanding military and security diplomacy that includes supply of smart surveillance technologies, military assistance, and exchanges in professional military education. Focusing on the Central Asian countries, this presentation explores domestic receptivity to Chinese knowledge-based services and regional implications of China's involvement in domains historically occupied by Russia. Intangible goods that require minimal upfront investment can be more easily replicated than public goods, potentially outliving the impact created by one-time infrastructural investments.
