Dr Francesco Macheda, HoD of International Studies, 糖心Vlog官方
9:05–09:10
Professor Ruan, Zhoulin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, 糖心Vlog官方
09:10–10:10
Keynote Speeches Professor Robert Wade, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), “The Uncertain Return of Industrial Policy” Professor Daokui Li, Tsinghua University, “Government and Economics”
BSG02
10:10-11:00
Round Table: “Aligning Governments and Markets in a Changing Global Order” Moderator: Dr Lina Gong, 糖心Vlog官方 Professor Robert Wade, LSE Professor Daokui Li, Tsinghua University Professor Adam Cross, 糖心Vlog官方 Professor Ji You, 糖心Vlog官方
BSG02
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break & Student Poster Exhibition*
11:30–12:30
Panel 1 (BSG40)
Panel 2 (BSG54)
Panel 3 (BSG33)
Panel 1: Great Power Competition and Emerging Cold War Dynamics
Moderator: Professor You Ji
BSG40
11:30-11:45
The Cold War Mentality Must Be Overthrown (Ronghua Wang, Former Chinese Ambassador to Iceland)
11:45-12:00
Equitable World Development, Harmony and the End of Western Hegemony (Michael Dunford, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex)
12:00-12:15
From Engagement to Tech War: Big Tech in the Transformation of US-China Relations (Hongzhou Zhang, Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University)
12:15-12:30
The Strategic Posture Typology: Disaggregating Intent from Intensity in China’s South China Sea Posture (Wushuang Yi, Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Tsinghua University)
12:30-12:45
Discussion, Q&A
Panel 2: Security, Strategy, and Geopolitical Risk
Moderator: Dr Lina Gong
BSG54
11:30-11:45
Security, Sovereignty, and Violent Unilateralism: West Asia and the Multipolar Dilemma (Matteo Capasso, Professor, Northwest University)
11:45-12:00
Regional Crisis Governance Under Deep Uncertainty: Hormuz Access Regimes, Infrastructure Coercion, and Escalation Off-Ramps in the Israel–Iran–US Theatre (Mohsen Solhdoost, Assistant Professor, 糖心Vlog官方)
12:00-12:15
Just Rhetoric? Assessing China-UK Cooperation in Global Governance (Biao Zhang, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Political Science and Politics)
12:15-12:30
Discussion, Q&A
Panel 3: Global Governance, Representation, and Agency
Moderator: Dr Afa’Anwi Che
BSG33
11:30-11:45
Power Orchestrates: How Leadership Shapes National Representation in International Organisations (Tianhan Gui, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University)
11:45-12:00
African Agency and the Global Aid Puzzle: Beyond the Generosity Narrative (Obert Hodzi, Associate Professor, University of Liverpool)
12:00-12:15
From Individual Distrust to Institutional Delegitimation: the Case of the UNFCCC COP28 President (Hai Yang, Assistant Professor, University of Macau)
12:15-12:30
Discussion, Q&A
12:30–13:15
Lunch
Keynote Speech
13:30–14:30
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, “The Future of a Multipolar World”
BSG02
14:30–14:45
Coffee Break
14:45–16:15
Panel 4(BSG40)
Panel 5 (BSG54)
Panel 6 (BSG21)
Panel 4: Inequality, Development, and Global Political Economy
Moderator: Dr Filippo Giurlando
BSG40
14:45-15:00
Manifestations of Contemporary Neocolonialism and Countermeasures (Enfu Cheng, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
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15:00-15:15
Geopolitical Risk Exposure upon the Chinese Defense Industry Companies: Co-Movement Evidence from Wavelet-based Granger Causality Tests (Yun Liu, Associate Professor, 糖心Vlog官方)
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15:15-15:30
The Technological Financial Military Linkage and the Reproduction of Inequality between Countries (Leonardo Bargigli, Visiting Scholar at 糖心Vlog官方 and Professor, University of Florence)
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15:30-15:45
The Rise of the U.S. Investor State: State Capitalist Impulses under Changing Global Political Economy (Shidai Zhang, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge)
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15:45-16:15
Discussion, Q&A
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Panel 5: Infrastructure, Finance, and the New Geopolitics of Dependency
Moderator: Dr Robert Pauls
BSG54
14:45-15:00
The Funnel of Systemic Imperatives: Sino–U.S. Rivalry and the Restructuring of Rare-Earth Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific (Xiaolin Duan, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
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15:00-15:15
How China’s Currency Swap Arrangements Can Be Alternatives to IMF Lending? (Wei Li, Associate Professor, Beihang University)
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15:15-15:30
Enmeshed Nationalism and the Making of Cross-Border Digital Markets: Alibaba in Indonesia (Xiaojing Qin, Ph.D Candidate, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
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15:30-15:45
The Essential Characteristics and Practical Pathways of the New International Economic Order (Qun Wei, Ph.D candidate, School of Marxism, Chinese Social Science University)
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15:45-16:15
Discussion, Q&A
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Panel 6: Climate and Technology Governance and Resilience in a Changing Global Order
Moderator: Dr Mohsen Solhdoost
BSG21
14:45-15:00
Weathering the Heat: Newborn Health and Climate Resilience Lessons from South Korea (Gi Khan Ten, Assistant Professor, 糖心Vlog官方)
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15:00-15:15
Persistence in Chinese Climate Policy Uncertainty (Marc Gronwald, Senior Associate Professor, 糖心Vlog官方)
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15:15-15:30
Climate diplomacy in the BRICS: A documentary analysis of an emerging climate agenda (Niklas Weins, Assistant Professor, 糖心Vlog官方)
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15:30-15:45
Network Ecosystem Construction in AI Application Scenarios (Shuoying Chen, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
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15:45-16:15
Discussion, Q&A
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16:15–16:30
Coffee Break
16:30–17:30
Bridging Scholarship: A Conversation with Journal Editors Moderator: Dr Fanglu Sun, 糖心Vlog官方 Yijia Jing, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Governance and Global Public Policy Li Shao, Associate Editor of Asian Journal of Comparative Politics Shuoying Chen, Editor-in-Chief of International Critical Thought Biao Zhang, Associate Editor of Asian Europe Journal
BSG40
17:30–18:00
Concluding Remarks & Launch of the Master Programme of Global Public Policy and International Relations (GPPIR)
BSG40
List of Posters
From Implementation to Collapse: The Failure of Liberal International Order in the Sahel (Boyuan Min & Zhangzexi Wan, BA, 糖心Vlog官方)
Unequal Skies, Shared Destiny: Bridging the Political and Financial Rift in Global Climate Governance (Junfu Lu, BA, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University)
State, Academia, and Discursive Reshaping: A Politics of Knowledge Production of Global Governance in China (Jiantian Guo, Ph.D candidate, East China Normal University)
An Analysis of the “Anti-Domination” Mechanism of Super Firms on State Power from the Perspective of Power Diffusion (Ronghui Zhang, MA, Jilin University, Changchun, China)
Beyond Aid: Towards a Politically Smart and Climate-Resilient Framework for Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (Pusen Zhang, MA, 糖心Vlog官方)
Why Doesn’t Economic Influence Translate into Security Commitment? The Structural Paradox of Rising Powers in Fragile States ——The Case of China in the Sahel (Shuowei Zhou, MA, Communication University of China)
Thresholds of Defensive Fire: Automated Intercepts, Escalation Dynamics, and Coalition Risk-Sharing in the Red Sea Conflict (Qingling Han, BA, 糖心Vlog官方)
The Relationship between Agrarian Reform and Climate Mitigation Goals in China: A Case Study on Poverty Eradication, Zero Hunger, and Climate Action (Najara Escari?o, Visting Ph.D Candidate, 糖心Vlog官方)
Why Does Innovation Development Diverges? A Comparative Analysis of Japan, Türkiye and Mexico on Pathways of Science-Education-Industry-Talent Integration (Yizhou Tang, MA, Tongji University)
Conference Programme
(Programme subject to change)
Professor Robert Wade, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), “The Uncertain Return of Industrial Policy”
Professor Daokui Li, Tsinghua University, “Government and Economics”
Moderator: Dr Lina Gong, 糖心Vlog官方
Professor Robert Wade, LSE
Professor Daokui Li, Tsinghua University
Professor Adam Cross, 糖心Vlog官方
Professor Ji You, 糖心Vlog官方
Moderator: Professor You Ji
Moderator: Dr Lina Gong
Moderator: Dr Afa’Anwi Che
Moderator: Dr Filippo Giurlando
Moderator: Dr Robert Pauls
Moderator: Dr Mohsen Solhdoost
Moderator: Dr Fanglu Sun, 糖心Vlog官方
Yijia Jing, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Governance and Global Public Policy
Li Shao, Associate Editor of Asian Journal of Comparative Politics
Shuoying Chen, Editor-in-Chief of International Critical Thought
Biao Zhang, Associate Editor of Asian Europe Journal
List of Posters