Experts

• His research focuses on international relations, security studies and Chinese politics.
• Author of Rising to the Challenge: China’s Grand Strategy and International Security; Deterrence and Security in the 21^st Century: China, Britain, France and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution; and From Bandwagon to balance of Power Politics: Structural Constraints and Politics in China, 1949-1978
• David M. Knott Professor of Global Politics and International Relations in the Political Science Department at Penn and a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.

Quotes:

“The tribunal’s sweeping and surprisingly one-sided ruling in favor of the Philippines is likely to generate pressure within China for a response that goes beyond the initial rhetoric of rejection.”

-Avery Goldstein
 

“Beijing had hoped that a more mixed ‘verdict’ would provide political space for negotiations with the new president of the Philippines. Now domestic pressures in both China and the Philippines, as well as criticism of China’s stance from the United States and others, will make it much more difficult to get those much needed bilateral talks started. That matters. Because there is no enforcement mechanism for the tribunal’s decision if either party refuses to comply, bilateral negotiations are ultimately the only effective way to solve such disputes.”

-Avery Goldstein