NEW YORK—A former prime minister of Australia, a political science professor, and two senior members from United States-based think-tanks took turns at the lectern at a packed auditorium in Kaufman Music Center on Oct. 14 to debate a topic of the times: are China and the United States long-term enemies?
The debate was hosted by nonprofit and nonpartisan group Intelligence Squared U.S. and moderated by John Donvan, author and correspondent for ABC News.
The debaters had to sway the audience to their views over three standard debate segments, a half minute “volley” round, and questions and answers from the floor. They argued and framed the present and future of U.S.-China relations along several themes: survival or prosperity, determinism or human agency, security or diplomacy.
