Aaron Baum

Georgetown University

Aaron (SFS’20) is a junior at Georgetown University majoring in East Asian business and politics and pursuing the honors certificate in international business diplomacy. He is a 2018-2019 student fellow in the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues Student Fellows program.

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Aaron Baum | August 28, 2019

Building Empathy: Hotpot and Pop Music Response

The world needs more programs like the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues. Not because we need more round-tables, think pieces, or debates; we need more dialogue because we need more empathy. This topic is tough to write about…

Aaron Baum | July 10, 2019

People's War Response

A nationalistic tune titled “Trade War” made the rounds on Chinese social media in May following the breakdown in U.S.-China trade talks. Written by retired Chinese official Zhao Liangtian, the song is set to the tune of a wartime propaganda song…

Aaron Baum | April 18, 2019

A Cold War by Any Other Name Response

The Economist was right to call the U.S.-China relationship a “new kind of cold war” in May, but they called it decades too late. Since China opened up, it has treated the rest of the world as a strategic, national security threat to its economic…

Aaron Baum | December 31, 2018

From Foe to Friend and Back Again Response

It took just eight months for China to shape shift from the second greatest threat in the fight against the Soviet Union to America’s greatest ally in that decades-long battle. China’s military capabilities did not change between Kissinger’s secret…