International Uncertainty 2020. The international dimension of American domestic politics

The USA remains the strongest and most influential country in the world. Despite all the differences, the American political elite is united in their desire to preserve and strengthen the US power. How will the internal political struggle, especially during the 2020 election campaign, affect US relations with its allies, their involvement in conflicts and their strategic course?

Moderator: Maxim SUCHKOV, Senior Research Fellow at the MGIMO Laboratory for International Trends Analysis

Speakers:
► Deborah LARSON, Professor at the University of California
► Xin ZHANG, Assistant Professor at the East China Normal University
► Igor DENISOV, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for East Asian and Shanghai Cooperation Studies of the MGIMO Institute for International Studies
► William WOHLFORTH, Professor at the Dartmouth College
► Kirill PETROV, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Political Elite Studies of the MGIMO Institute for International Studies
► Anna KIREEVA, Research Fellow at the MGIMO Centre for Integrated Sinology and Regional Studies

Session of the 4th Moscow Conference on Political Risks and Forecasting “International Uncertainty 2020”.

The conference was organized by the Laboratory of International Trends Analysis, MGIMO University, within the framework of the research project, “Transformation of International System and the Next Innovation Wave”, which is supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation in accordance with the contract №14.641.31.0002 of April 26, 2018 on the allocation of a grant from the Government of the Russian Federation.

Moscow, December 19, 2019