JNSLP Symposium—Shifting the Great Power Competition: Emerging and Continuing Threats with China, with Jim Steinberg
The Journal of National Security Law and Policy hosted its 2021 annual symposium this week, featuring a keynote discussion with James Steinberg, former US Deputy Secretary of State and University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs and Law at Syracuse University.
Steinberg and James Feinerman, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, sit down to discuss US-China relations, managing differences, and the ongoing power struggle between both nations.
The interview taps Steinberg’s wealth of experience with China to address the biggest challenges facing the Biden Administration and his recommendations for the way ahead.
Syracuse University College of Law Professor William C. Banks, Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security and Editor-in-Chief of JNSLP, provides opening remarks.
James B. Steinberg is Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and University Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law. Prior to becoming Dean, he was US Deputy Secretary of State, serving as the principal deputy to US Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton. From 2005 to 2008, Steinberg was Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Previously, he was Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he supervised a wide-ranging research program on US foreign policy. Steinberg was US Deputy National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1996 to 2000. During that period, he served as the president's personal representative to the 1998 and 1999 G-8 Summits.
By: James Feinerman
By: William C. Banks
Professor William C. Banks is an internationally recognized authority in national security law, counterterrorism, and constitutional law. Banks has helped set the parameters for the emerging field of national security law since 1987, co-authoring two leading texts in the field: National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law. In 2008, Banks was named the College of Law Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor at Syracuse University, where he has been a member of the faculty for over 30 years.
