Date: Wednesday, November 20th 2019

Time: 18:00 - 19:30

Place: Webster Geneva, LLC Commons Room

While this is a free event, we kindly request that you register HERE

In the last decade, the PRC has been challenging the USA in multiple sectors. For instance, in the last couple of years the Chinese patents registered annually outnumbered those granted to the USA, the EU, and Japan. In addition, the constant GDP’s growth of the Middle Empire, although now declining compared to that of the early 2010s, made it the second biggest economy in the world. Will the economic power of the PRC be the springboard for a similar growth and power in the military field? Will China become both an economic and military superpower in the 2020s? What have been the main military, technical improvements of the last decade in China? Our panel of distinguished speakers with varied backgrounds will analyze the current situation and foresee the next steps forward.

Panelists:

Capt. James E. Fanell, U.S. Navy (ret.), former Director of Intelligence & Operations Information for the U.S. Pacific Fleet

Dr. Lionel P. Fatton, Assistant Professor of International Relations, Webster University Geneva

Dr. Oreste Foppiani, Head of the Department of International Relations, and Associate Professor of International History & Politics, Webster University Geneva

Dr. Dominique Jolly, Chair of the Walker School of Business & Technology, and Professor of Business Strategy, Webster University Geneva

Moderator:

Dr. Georges Haour, Professor Emeritus of Management of Innovation & Technology Commercialization, IMD