The Fourth Dialogue on US-China Relations and Strategic Stability, jointly organized by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), was held in July. Professor Gan Chunhui, Executive Vice President of SASS, and Professor Steven E. Miller, Director of the International Security Program and Co-Principal Investigator of the Project on Managing the Atom, Harvard Kennedy School, delivered welcoming addresses.
Professor Gan observed that US-China relations represent the most significant bilateral relationship in today’s world, though they are currently experiencing turbulence and challenges. At this pivotal moment, strengthening exchanges and cooperation between think tanks carries exceptional importance. He noted that SASS is honored to co-host the Dialogue once again with AAAS. Professor Gan stressed that as the world’s two largest economies, China and the United States share a profound responsibility for global peace and development. Eight decades after the end of the Second World War, how to draw lessons from the war and its aftermath to promote US-China friendship, and how to uphold and reform the post-war international order, remain pressing questions that think tanks and all sectors of society in both countries must work together to address.
Zhu Rui, Former Assistant Minister at the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and Susan A. Thornton, Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer of Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School, and Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy gave keynote speeches.
Participants engaged in-depth discussions around US-China Bilateral Relations – Competition and Cooperation, Regional Flashpoints and Great Power Dynamics – Exploring U.S.-China Dynamics across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Strategic Stability, Arms Control and the Evolving Global Security Order, and Challenges to the U.S.-China Relations: Political, Economy or Security, a Multi-Dimensional Explanation.
