Scott M. Moore is Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives in the Office of the Provost as well as a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Moore was previously a Young Professional with the World Bank Group and served as Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer for China at the U.S. Department of State. He is the author of Subnational Hydropolitics: Conflict, Cooperation, and Institution-Building in Shared River Basins, and his research has appeared in a variety of leading scholarly journals and media outlets, including The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, The China Quarterly, and Nature.
His book is an important read for diplomats and policy planners as
well as students.
*M. G. Roskin, CHOICE*
Scott Moore offers an intelligent take on why so much of China's
future will be determined by the path it forges on climate change
and with technology. On climate, he counters the too often binary
take that China's relationship with the US on climate must either
be defined purely by competition or cooperation, instead offering a
pragmatic way through.
*Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia and President of the
Asia Society*
As the free world responds to Russian aggression in Ukraine,
relations with China have come under intense scrutiny. China's Next
Act has arrived just in time. Moore helps us understand better how
we must reshape economic and diplomatic relations to advance peace
and prosperity.
*H.R. McMaster, author of Battlegrounds and Dereliction of
Duty*
For those not following science and technology developments on the
ground in China, Scott Moore's China's Next Act is a wake-up call
and a warning. Amid escalating geopolitical competition, Moore
paints in sharp relief the conflict between cooperating to elevate
the provision of public goods and tackle global challenges versus
competition and confrontation over new technologies and how to
control and disseminate them. There is no more obvious example of
this clash than the ongoing struggle over the COVID-19 pandemic
response. Moore gives smart prescriptions about how to do better in
the future and makes an impassioned plea for doing so. We need to
heed his advice.
*Susan Thornton, former Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State*
China's Next Act convincingly makes the case that there are no
global deals on public goods without a carefully calibrated mix of
US-China collaboration and competition, despite systemic bilateral
tensions. The book overflows with historic precedents, careful
observations, and deep insights. It does not flinch at the scale of
the challenge. But, most importantly, it succeeds in presenting
credible pathways toward dealing with some of the most difficult
global issues of our time: public health, climate change, data
privacy, and other technological risks. It is an important
contribution and should be read widely by all who are concerned
with managing increasing risk in uncertain times.
*Craig Allen, President, US-China Business Council*
Scott Moore's thought-provoking book wrestles with the most
consequential issues of our time: global warming, global pandemics,
and rapid technological change. He explores how China's rise has
played a pivotal role in all three and makes a strong argument for
why enlisting China in addressing them is absolutely vital—but
uniquely challenging. Moore makes plain the urgent need for new
thinking and new institutions flexible and capacious enough to
respond to dynamic, fast-changing challenges. This is a book of big
ideas, built on a strong foundation of research and personal
experience.
*Kaiser Kuo, host of the Sinica Podcast*
The book contains timely discussion of issues that are of interest
to both policymakers and scholars.
*Carla Freeman, Pacific A!airs: Volume 97*
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