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Should there be a boycott of the Olympics?

Nina Hachigian The Center For American Progress; Author

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Nina Hachigan:  I think that NGOs- human rights NGOs- have done an effective job at putting pressure on Beijing over the Tibet situation, and I think that it has paid some dividends in these talks that are now ongoing with the Dalai Lama. Some people say they’re a sham, some people say they might- you know, they might result in something. I don’t think that the United States ought to boycott. I think there’s- you get a possibility that the President could not attend the opening ceremonies, but that’s something you should decide a few months from now to see what happens with these talks. I think if they are genuine in trying to make some sort of a difference, which most people say they aren’t, but that we ought to acknowledge that they have at least made an effort. But, ultimately, we don’t wanna isolate China. Ultimately, we want China to step up to the plate and be a responsible player in the global system, and that is a harder challenge for the United States than worrying about their aggression. So, getting them to actually pay for some of the public goods that the United States has been providing, actually getting them to take responsibility and ownership- that’s the bigger challenge.

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Nina Hachigian The Center For American Progress; Author

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Nina Hachigian is a Senior Fellow at American Progress. Based in Los Angeles, she is the co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise (Simon & Schuster, 2008). She focuses on great power relationships, international institutions, and U.S. foreign policy. Prior to American Progress, Hachigian was a senior political scientist at RAND Corporation and served as the director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy for four years. Before RAND, she had an international affairs fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations during which she researched the Internet in China. From 1998 to 1999, Hachigian was on the staff of the National Security Council in the White House.

Hachigian has published numerous reports, book chapters, and journal articles, including essays in Foreign Affairs and The Washington Quarterly as well as op-ed pieces appearing in the The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the South China Morning Post, among others. Her earlier book was The Information Revolution in Asia (RAND, 2003). She has been a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Fox News, CNN International, the “Tavis Smiley Show,” and “All Things Considered.” She is on the board of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Affairs at Stanford University and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Hachigian received her B.S. from Yale University and her J.D. from Stanford Law School.

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