Our first topic of the 2025 Great Decisions Speaker Series will be “Competition, Cold War, or Conflict? Navigating U.S.-China Relations in Tense Times.” Regardless of political affiliation, there is one thing people in Washington D.C. can actually agree on: the United States is in a strategic competition with a rising China that poses a range of economic, political, and military security challenges.

We will be joined by Dr. Haitao Li, Professor, Department Chair, and Founding Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Supply Chain Analytics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.