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Upcoming Speaker

Dr. Ryan Yonk, Senior Research Faculty, American Institute for Economic Research, Great Barrington, MA

Topic: “The China Dilemma: Rethinking US-China Relations”

Time:  12 Noon

Date:  November 13, 2024

Location:  The Palmetto Club

Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Location: Palmetto Club. Buffet lunch included (guests/non-members: $40).

The US relationship with China has been an increasingly popular topic of heated arguments among politicians and policy makers. Too often those discussions are based on little or bad information about China and the motivations of the regime. Ryan Yonk’s new book with Ethan Yang explores Beijing’s motivations in detail and reflects on how this better understanding can improve how the US responds and interacts with China. Yonk and Yang use a view of the world that assumes the individuals that make up a regime like China matter to how the US should engage with them.

Dr. Yonk is Senior Research Faculty at the American Institute for Economic Research.  He holds a PhD from Georgia State University and a MS and BS from Utah State University. Prior to joining AIER he held academic positions at North Dakota State University, Utah State University, and Southern Utah University, and was one of the founders of the Strata Policy.

He is the (co) author or editor of numerous books including Green V. Green, Nature Unbound: Bureaucracy vs. the Environment, The Reality of American Energy,  and Politics and Quality of Life: The Role of Well-Being in Political Outcomes. He has also (co) authored numerous articles in academic journals including Public Choice, The Independent Review, Applied Research in Quality of Life, and the Journal of Private Enterprise. His research explores how policy can be better crafted to achieve greater individual autonomy and prosperity.