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The Lionel Gelber Prize – The Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
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2023

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Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
Susan L. Shirk
Published by Oxford University Press
From the jury: Overreach is a masterful analysis of the leading contemporary challenge in geopolitics by a long-time close observer of China. Shirk’s analysis of the vulnerability of the regime is provocative, plausible, and full of pragmatic potential for policymakers. She skillfully answers two critical questions for managing the “China problem”: how did we get…
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2023 Lionel Gelber Prize Ceremony and Lecture: Overreach: How China Derailed Its Peaceful Rise
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The Shortlist
  • J. Bradford DeLong
    Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
  • Sergei Guriev
    Daniel Treisman
    Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
  • Steven Levitsky
    Lucan Way
    Revolution and Dictatorship: The Violent Origins of Durable Authoritarianism
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  • Chris Miller
    Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology
Jurors
Janice Gross Stein
Jury Chair (Toronto, CA)
Rosa Brooks
Washington, DC
Francis J. Gavin
Washington, DC
Luis Rubio
Mexico
Press releases
Announcing the shortlist for the 2023 Lionel Gelber Prize
Expert international jury announced for the 2023 Lionel Gelber Prize
Lionel Gelber Prize value increases to $50,000
Media coverage
The dangers of fatalism in U.S.-China relations
The Globe and Mail, April 27, 2023
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