Much contemporary geopolitical thought is built upon a presumed shift of power and influence from Europe and the Atlantic to Asia and the Pacific, framed in contested alliance with the Americas. What does this mean when placed into the centuries-long histories of these regions?
This keynote lecture with Matt Matsuda, Professor of History at Rutgers University, is the opening event to the symposium Entangling the Pacific and Atlantic Worlds. Past and Present, hosted by the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C. in commemoration of former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.