The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
in partnership with

The United States and the Rise of China and India:
Release of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2006 Global Views Survey
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Breakfast will be served

Willard InterContinental Hotel, Ballroom
1401 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20004

The emergence of China and India over the last two decades as centers of economic dynamism, growing military power and geopolitical weight is the driving force in a changing Asia. Against the background of the substantial transformations underway, it is critical to better understand how the public views these emerging powers.

The 2006 Chicago Council public opinion survey, undertaken in partnership with the Asia Society, focuses on the rise of China and India and its implications for the United States and the international order. The survey includes polling undertaken in the United States, China, and India, with parallel surveys carried out by partner organizations in South Korea and Australia. The study compares international attitudes on how the emergence of China and India as economic dynamos and claimants to great power status will affect the global economy, international security, and politics. It assesses public opinion in the surveyed countries on a variety of challenges, including international terrorism, nuclear proliferation, evolving great power relations in Asia and internationally, economic competition from other countries, and threats to energy supplies and the environment. It also evaluates American public preferences for the U.S. role in the world and the foreign policy tools America employs in responding to emerging challenges. The study also presents Chinese and Indian publics’ views on their nations’ international challenges and opportunities and their respective roles as emerging great powers. CSIS participated in the study through Ambassador Teresita C. Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program. PIPA participated in the study through its director Steven Kull.

Several panels of experts, including foreign policy scholars and public opinion experts, will discuss the results of the survey and take questions from the audience. Confirmed speakers are:

Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Michael Green, Japan Chair and Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Steven Kull, Director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes
Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution
Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Fellow at The American Enterprise Institute
Benjamin I. Page, Gordon S. Fulcher Professor of Decision Making at Northwestern University
Teresita C. Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Dali Yang, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Political Science at The University of Chicago
To Register: Please contact Andy Chen at (312) 821-7525 or by email at achen@thechicagocouncil.org.