Speakers:
Andrew S. Erickson, Professor of Strategy, U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute; Visiting Scholar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
Emily J. Holland, Assistant Professor, Naval War College Russia Maritime Studies Institute; former postdoctoral fellow, Davis Center
Vitaly Kozyrev, Distinguished Professor of Political Science & International Studies, Endicott College
Seong-hyon Lee, Visiting Scholar, Harvard University Asia Center; Senior Fellow, George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations

Moderator: Mark Wu, Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Director, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies

February 24, 2025 marks the three-year anniversary of Putin’s devastating Ukraine invasion. Among its many reverberations are ramifications for Sino-Russian relations, which continue to deepen despite lingering differences between the great powers and the revisionist autocrats leading them. Emerging and potential impacts include increasing energy and resource transactions, alignment in the form of international strategic coordination and demonstrations of their partnership on the world stage, collaboration in military technology and operations, and maritime-security advances. And what role is North Korea playing in this complex geopolitical dance? Expert panelists will discuss these complicated dynamics and pressing issues as the Trump Administration pursues a conclusion to the devastating Russia-Ukraine War while Beijing, Moscow, and Peongyang strive to shape events in their favor.

This event is co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University and the Korea Institute, Harvard University.

Andrew S. Erickson is a Professor of Strategy in the U.S. Naval War College (NWC)’s China Maritime Studies Institute, which he helped establish and has served as Research Director, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He testifies periodically before Congress and briefs leading officials, including the Secretary of Defense. Erickson helped to escort the Commander of China’s Navy on a visit to Harvard and subsequently to establish, and to lead the first iteration of, NWC’s first naval officer exchange program with China. He has received the Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal, NWC’s inaugural Civilian Faculty Research Excellence Award, and NBR’s inaugural Ellis Joffe Prize for PLA Studies. His research focuses on Indo-Pacific defense, international relations, technology, and resource issues. Dr. Erickson was a 2019-2022 Visiting Scholar.

Emily Holland is an assistant professor in the Russia Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College. Previously, she was an assistant professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, a postdoctoral fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and a visiting fellow at the German Institute for Economic Research (Berlin) and the European Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin). Professor Holland’s research has appeared in The Journal of International Affairs, Newsweek and Lawfare, among other publications.

Vitaly Kozyrev is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Endicott College in Beverly, MA, and Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. His major interest is great power politics, East-West relations, international conflict, and the political economy of regionalism and regional integration.

Seong-Hyon Lee is a Senior Fellow at the George H.W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations, focusing his research on South and North Korea. He received his Ph.D. from Tsinghua University and a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard University. Dr. Lee was formerly the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies at the Sejong Institute in Seoul, South Korea, a Pantech Fellow at the Stanford Korean Studies Program, and a Visiting Scholar at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. He has provided briefings regarding the implications of China’s rise on South Korea and U.S.-China relations to South Korean presidential candidates.

Mark Wu is the Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University and the Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches international trade and international economic law. He recently returned to Harvard after serving as Senior Advisor in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Prior to academia, Wu worked as an engagement manager for McKinsey & Co., where he focused on high-tech companies. He began his career as an economist and operations officer for the World Bank in China, working on environmental, urban development, health, and rural poverty issues.