Seeking Truth Through Facts 2022: The Avoidable U.S.-China War – A Conversation with Condoleezza Rice and Kevin Rudd
Program 4 of 8 in our Seeking Truth Through Facts U.S.-China Program Series
Hoover Institution, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, October 6, 2022 — Former Prime Minister of Australia and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd and former Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice sit down for a special conversation about his new book, The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the U.S. and Xi Jinping’s China.
In a packed auditorium with a crowded overflow room, Rudd and Secretary Rice discussed the peculiarly volatile relationship between the U.S. and China, which rests on a seismic fault of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility.
The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls “managed strategic competition.” Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world.
This event is the fourth of eight in our popular Seeking Truth Through Facts U.S.-China Program Series, which focuses on new strategic frameworks for the bilateral relationship, as well as the global impact of the political and economic landscape. This program will lead up to our annual Future of U.S. & China Conference on January 12, 2023.
Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd in Hoover Institution's Everett And Jane Hauck Auditorium.
Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd are welcomed by a packed auditorium.
Audience members attentively listen to Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd.
Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd are welcomed by a packed auditorium.
Asia Society Northern California Margaret Conley presents opening remarks for the discussion between Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd
Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd take a picture in the Green Room. From Left to Right: Harry Seavey, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd, Margaret Conley
An audience member asks a question to Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd.
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd's book on display during the book selling and signing.
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd interacts with guests as he signs their copies of The Avoidable War.
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd signs copies of his book, The Avoidable War, for guests.
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd poses for a picture with a guest during the book singing
Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd poses for a group picture with guests.
Volunteers sign guests in for the moderated discussion between Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd.