No. 114 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
China strategist, Heritage Foundation
Michael Pillsbury is a foreign policy strategist who specializes in China.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Michael Pillsbury's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued at the Munk Debates, with H. R. McMaster, that China threatens the liberal order.
Pillsbury is senior fellow for China strategy at the Heritage Foundation and directed the Hudson Institute's Center on Chinese Strategy.
He has held posts at the Department of Defense and in the Senate.
On the record
2019
May 9, 2019
Formal debateLost the audience vote
Against Kishore Mahbubani and Wang Huiyao · Munk Debates, Toronto
Michael Pillsbury argued for the motion with H. R. McMaster. The con side won the audience vote, swinging 2 percent.
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