Listen "China, war and the civilizational state"
Episode Synopsis
Contributor(s): Professor Christopher Coker | For the late Professor Christopher Coker the answer lay in the rise of a new political entity, the civilizational state. In an episode of LSE iQ which explored China’s position in the world in the coming century, Professor Coker talked about this, the potential for war between the United States and China and what that might look like.
Christopher Coker, was Professor of International Relations at LSE for almost four decades, and co-Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE’s foreign policy think tank. He was a scholar of war and warfare. This episode of LSE iQ is a lightly edited version of our 2019 interview recorded before the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is dedicated to his memory.
Contributors
Professor Christopher Coker
Research
The Rise of the Civilizational State by Christopher Coker
The Improbable War, China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict by Christopher Coker
LSE iQ is a university podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Christopher Coker, was Professor of International Relations at LSE for almost four decades, and co-Director of LSE IDEAS, LSE’s foreign policy think tank. He was a scholar of war and warfare. This episode of LSE iQ is a lightly edited version of our 2019 interview recorded before the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is dedicated to his memory.
Contributors
Professor Christopher Coker
Research
The Rise of the Civilizational State by Christopher Coker
The Improbable War, China, the United States and the Logic of Great Power Conflict by Christopher Coker
LSE iQ is a university podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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