Welcome

Professor Todd Hall, DPIR, University of Oxford and Professor Yeling Tan, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Introductory remarks 

Professor Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford

Greetings from co-director(s) of the China and the World Program

Profesor Alastair Iain Johnston, Harvard University and Professor Thomas J Christensen, Columbia University

Panel 1 - 'US-China Relations: Perceptions from the Outside'

Panel discussion moderated by Professor Rosemary Foot, University of Oxford 

• Courtney Fung, Macquarie University: US-China Strategic Competition at the United Nations
• Ja Ian Chong, National University of Singapore: Hiding in the Shadow of Major Power Competition: Southeast Asia and Buckpassing amid U.S.-PRC Rivalry
• Xiaoyu Pu, University of Nevada: Navigating the U.S.-China Rivalry: Local Agency and Divergent Responses from Australia and Latin America
• Injoo Sohn, Seoul National University: Towards Co-Resilience: What the United States and South Korea Can Do Together in an Era of U.S.-China Rivalry

Panel 2 - China’s Foreign Policy: Great Power Relations and Domestic Politics 

Panel discussion moderated by Professor Todd Hall, University of Oxford 

• Patricia Kim, Brookings Institution: China’s Strategic Approach to a Second Trump Administration
• Tyler Jost, Brown University: Perception, Institutions, and Theories of Chinese Foreign Policy
• Sabine Mokry, University of Hamburg: Authoritarian Alliances? China’s Deepening Security Ties with Russia, North Korea, & Iran
• Yinan He, Lehigh University: The “Hostile Forces” Narrative: Internal/External Linkage, Regime Security, and China’s Foreign Relations
• Andrew Chubb, Lancaster University: Chinese Nationalism, PRC Resolve, and Crisis Escalation: Views from Indo-Pacific Experts

Panel 3 - China’s Global Economic Engagement: Geopolitics and Domestic Tensions 

Panel discussion moderated by Professor Yeling Tan, University of Oxford 

• Wendy Leutert, Indiana University: Domestic Challenges and Changes in China’s Economy Zongyuan “Zoe” Liu, Council on Foreign Relations: How China is Preparing for Foreign Economic Coercion
• Yu Zheng, Fudan University: China’s Complex Partnerships with the Global South
• Zhu Boliang, Pennsylvania State University: Geopolitical Competition and International Trade
• Xiaojun Li, University of British Columbia: Chinese Manufacturers in the Global Supply Chain

Panel 4 - Taiwan: Domestic Sentiments and Regional Dynamics 

Panel discussion moderated by Dr Bo Jiun Jing, University of Oxford 

• Ronan Fu, Academia Sinica: Taiwanese Citizens' Willingness to Defend: What Do We Know and Don't Know?
• Scott Kastner, University of Maryland: Prospects for stability in the Taiwan Strait
• Christina Lai, Academia Sinica: Power of the Weak: Taiwan Strategy in Countering China’s Economic Coercion
• Adam Liff, Indiana University: U.S. Allies and the Taiwan Strait

Closing remarks and wrap-up 

Professor Thomas J Christensen, Columbia University