What lessons does the history of American diplomacy, its practitioners, and its traditions hold for those looking to chart its future? Join us for a conversation with one of America’s preeminent statesmen, Robert Zoellick.

On the precipice of fragmentation, can the world escape further economic downturn by refining existing systems or is more dramatic change necessary?

If U.S. policy assumes China cannot play a constructive role within the system America designed, then the United States will, in effect, be prodding China into championing a parallel, separate system, with very different rules.