This year’s conference is centered on the theme “Global Political Trends and the Destiny of U.S. Hegemony”. Participants noted that the profound and complex impacts of recent political developments in the United States, widening transatlantic divergences on political and security issues, along with the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East, have significantly affected global stability. Amid these challenges, China continues to deepen cooperation with countries around the world and remains committed to promoting regional and global peace and development. Participants called for China and the United States to meet each other halfway on the basis of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win–win cooperation, while urging all nations to strengthen coordination and collaboration in addressing shared global challenges and advancing common development and security.

The conference gathered 16 distinguished international participants, including: Lionel Barber, Author, Broadcaster and Former Editor of The Financial Times; Robert D. Blackwill, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), and Former U.S. Ambassador to India; Nabil Fahmy, Dean Emeritus, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, and Former Foreign Minister of Egypt; Kim Sung-Hwan, President, Taejae Future Consensus Institute, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea; Andrey Kortunov, Director General and Academic Director, Russian International Affairs Council; Charles A. Kupchan, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, and Professor of International Affairs, Georgetown University; Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director, European Council on Foreign Relations; Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Former Foreign Secretary of India, and Former Indian Ambassador to China; David Miliband, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom; Thierry de Montbrial, Executive Chairman, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri), and Founder, World Policy Conference; John Negroponte, Vice Chair, McLarty Associates, and Former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States; Volker Perthes, Senior Advisor, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations; Rizal Sukma, Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, and Former Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the International Maritime Organization; Akio Takahara, Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo, and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University (online); Dennis Wilder, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia, White House National Security Council, and Senior Fellow, Initiative for U.S.–China Dialogue on Global Issues, Georgetown University (online); and George Yeo, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore.

Prominent Chinese participants included Cui Tiankai, Former Chinese Ambassador to the United States; Chen Xiaogong, Former Deputy Director, Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, Lieutenant General (retired), PLA Air Force; Yao Yunzhu, Director Emeritus, Center on China-American Defense Relations, Major General (retired), Academy of Military Science, PLA; Chen Dongxiao, President and Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), Vice Chair, China National Association of International Relations; Wang Honggang, Director, Institute of Peaceful Development, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Yan Xuetong, Distinguished Professor and Honorary President, Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University; Wang Dong, Executive Director, Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding, and Deputy Director, Office for Humanities and Social Sciences, Peking University; Jia Qingguo, Professor and Former Dean, School of International Studies(SIS), Peking University, and Standing Committee Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Wang Yizhou, Dean, Institute of Area Studies, Nanjing University, and Professor, SIS, Peking University; Niu Xinchun, Academic Vice President, Ningxia University, and Executive Director, China-Arab Research Institute; and Huang Dizhong, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General, China–United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).

The meeting was also attended by Yu Tiejun, President, Institute of International and Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU); Wang Jisi, Founding President, IISS, PKU, and Professor, SIS, PKU; Yuan Ming, Senior Advisor, IISS, PKU, and Honorary Dean, Yenching Academy, PKU; Guan Guihai, Executive Vice President, IISS, PKU, and Associate Professor, SIS, PKU; and Gui Yongtao, Vice President, IISS, PKU, and Associate Dean and Associate Professor, SIS, PKU.

On the afternoon of October 24, the SIS and the IISS co-hosted a public forum titled “Global Trends and the Future of U.S. Hegemony.” Participants held candid and engaging discussions on topics such as the impact of U.S. domestic politics on global development, the United States’ willingness and capacity to sustain the international order, and national policy responses to shifting global dynamics. Professors Wang Yizhou and Yu Tiejun chaired the two sessions of the open forum respectively.

Source: SIS News(Chinese)