"Empires on the Edge"

Join Edward Wong, the New York Times diplomatic correspondent and expert on global affairs, for an in-depth discussion on international events. He will talk about his new book, “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China,” that looks at a central drive of the Chinese Communist Party: its efforts to reconstitute an empire, a project in which his father took part as a soldier under Mao, and the far-reaching consequences of that for U.S.-China relations and world affairs. He will discuss the outlook on U.S. foreign policy just days after the election and explore developments in the Middle East, Ukraine-Russia, China, and how the election results could reshape America's global strategy. Wong has covered international news and global affairs for over two decades, focusing on the multipolar world, authoritarian states, and superpower rivalries involving the United States. He travels with the U.S. secretary of state to report on diplomacy at pivotal moments in history.

Biography

Edward Wong is a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times. In twenty-five years at the Times, he has reported from scores of countries and served as a war correspondent in Iraq and as the Beijing bureau chief. He is the winner of the Livingston Award for international reporting and was on a team of Pulitzer Prize finalists. He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a visiting professor at Princeton University and U.C. Berkeley. He has done fellowships at the Wilson Center and the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School. Wong speaks on global issues to television and radio outlets, including CBS, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, and BBC. He lives with his family in Washington, DC.

Princeton students, faculty and staff who show their student ID will receive a 15% discount on “At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China” at Labyrinth Bookstore.

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