The Department of War Studies is pleased to invite you to the book launch of "Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898–1972".

Dr Giuseppe Paparella’s first monograph, published with Stanford University Press for their Studies in Asian Security series, examines key moments between 1898 and 1972 to show how four very different presidents' national beliefs, in combination with crises and changes within the region, shaped their policy toward the Asia Pacific region, making the Asia Pacific crucial to contemporary US policymaking.

Panellists

Dr Nicola Leveringhaus (chair) is Reader in International Relations in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. Dr Leveringhaus specialises in the International Relations of Asia, with a focus on China and the security of that region, especially as it relates to nuclear weapons.

Professor Alessio Patalano is Professor of War & Strategy in East Asia in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and and Co-Director of the Centre for Grand Strategy. He specialises in maritime strategy and doctrine, Japanese military history and strategy, East Asian security, and European defence and foreign policy.

Professor Greg Kennedy is Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London. He has taught at the Royal Military College of Canada, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, for both the History and War Studies Departments. He has published internationally on strategic foreign policy issues, maritime defence, disarmament, diplomacy and intelligence.

Dr Andrew Ehrhardt is Lecturer in Foreign Policy in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, and Director of Research & Programmes at the Centre for Statecraft and National Security (CSNS) at King’s College London, where he focuses on Anglo-American grand strategy, conceptions of world order, and the philosophy of history.

Isabel Hilton OBE is Chair of the Board of the Great Britain China Centre, and alongside this she is a writer, broadcaster and editor with long experience in international journalism. Isabel is a Visiting Professor at the Lau Institute, King’s College London; an advisory board member of the Institute for Human Rights and Business; Chair of the Centre for Investigative Journalism and co-chair of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a Non-Executive Director of E3G and a senior visiting fellow at RUSI.

The event is kindly supported by the Centre for Statecraft & National Security, it is free to attend, and it will be followed by a drinks reception.