Dr. Minh A. Luong
International Security Studies
Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy
Yale School of Management (SOM)
Yale University

As the 2008 Olympic Games approach, the world's attention has been focused on the People's Republic of China as the most populous country and 2nd largest economy, fast rising to superpower status. With record-setting economic growth and a military budget that has been increasing in double-digit figures for the past decade, China seems poised to supplant the United States as the dominant global power for the rest of the 21st century and beyond. But China is facing significant problems within its borders -- aging demographics, political unrest, and rampant corruption to name just a few -- that will have significant consequences for the future of China and the rest of the world. Learn about the challenges that China's leaders are facing right now and how their decisions will help determine whether China becomes a global superpower or failed state.

Brief bio:

Dr. Minh A. Luong is Assistant Director of International Security Studies at Yale University and also serves as Associate Director of the Brady-Johnson Center in Grand Strategy which runs Yale's elite calendar-year graduate strategic leadership training program, Studies in Grand Strategy. He is Faculty Fellow in the Yale School of Management and previously held faculty appointments in Yale's Department of History and served as the Forrest Mars Sr. Visiting Professor in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from 2000 to 2006. He served two terms as International Affairs Council Fellow at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies where he taught graduate courses in the International Relations Masters Program. His research interests include global economic and industrial espionage, modern piracy, economic and military growth in Asia, leadership development and challenges, and the impact of extramarital affairs in the workplace.