Isabelle Hupez

Georgetown University

Isabelle (SFS’ 19) is a senior in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, majoring in global business and minoring in Italian. She is a 2018-2019 student fellow in the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues Student Fellows program.

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Isabelle Hupez | August 29, 2019

Thank You, My Friends Response

There is a common saying in politics, “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” This idea is called the Miles’ Law and is named after Rufus E. Miles, a federal official in the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This principle in…

Isabelle Hupez | July 11, 2019

Cautious Optimism Response

Although U.S.-China relations have nosedived since President Trump’s election in 2016, I am optimistic about the future of U.S.-China relations over the coming decade. Contrary to what we hear in the media, there is no appetite for war, which in turn…

Isabelle Hupez | April 19, 2019

From Cooperation to Competition Response

The fundamental basis for the U.S.-China relationship has changed. The relations are undergoing a paradigm shift from an economic “win-win” to a vision of “strategic competition.” When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, the…

Isabelle Hupez | December 31, 2018

How the War on Blue Skies will Maintain U.S.-China Cooperation in a Changing Global Economy Response

The space for cooperation in U.S.-China relations has considerably diminished in the last two years. The reality of hardening U.S.-China tension is that any argument to maintain cooperation on global issues of common concern will have to be…