The International Relations panel examines the cooperation and conflicts driven by China-U.S. interests that are related to the changes in the global order. The panel will focus on the ideological competition and response to the China-U.S. future political trend, diplomatic progress, and partnerships between international organizations. We hope speakers can engage in conversations by presenting the perceived tensions, challenges, and prospects in these domains.
Dr. Jiahua Yue holds a B.E. in information security from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an M.A. in international relations and economics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. (with distinction) in political science from Yale University. Dr. Yue’s research focus on international political economy, comparative international development, and Chinese politics. He expresses interest in applied computation methods in social science, including text analysis and image processing tools. He has published work in British Journal of Political Science, World Development, and other journals. Dr. Yue also teaches various subjects such as international conflict, trade and foreign investment, public opinion, and authoritarian politics.
Dr. Denis Simon holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. from the State University of New York. He is an expert on international business and technology with over four decades of experience in studying business, competition, innovation, and technology strategy in China. Dr. Simon is the director of corporate partnerships at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, focused on developing alliances with top companies to support education and research at UNC Kenan-Flagler. He has published several books and articles on business, innovation, and technology in China and the Pacific Rim. Additionally, he was a former professor of the practice at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in China. He was a founding member of the US-China Innovation Dialogue Experts Group, special adviser to the US Patent and Trademark Office, and member of the IBM-sponsored project Innovation Outlook. He has extensive experience in China’s business landscape, including serving as general manager of Andersen Consulting in Beijing and founding president of Monitor Group China. Dr. Simon’s previous roles include senior adviser at Arizona State University, vice provost for international affairs at the University of Oregon, and professor at Penn State University.
Xiaoyang Tang is a former resident scholar and deputy director at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center. He currently serves as vice chair and professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University. He is the author of “Coevolutionary Pragmatism: Approaches and Impacts of China-Africa Economic Cooperation” (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and has published extensively on the Belt and Road Initiative. He has previously worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, DC and has experience as a consultant for the World Bank, UNDP, USAID, and various research institutes and consulting companies. His research interests include political philosophy, global modernization processes, and China’s engagement with developing countries.
Dr. Titas Chakraborty holds a B.A. and M.A. in history from Jadavpur University, India, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on South Asian and world history, with emphasis on labor, migration, and gender. Her teaching interests include global China studies, global history, and South Asian history at Duke Kunshan. Previously she has held positions which include visiting assistant professor at Oberlin College and postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas, Austin.
Dr. Prasenjit Duara was born and educated in India and holds a Ph.D. in Chinese history from Harvard University. Dr. Duara is currently Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University. Previously, he has held positions at the University of Chicago and National University of Singapore. He has published influential books including “Culture, Power and the State: Rural North China, 1900-1942,” which won prestigious prizes. Dr. Duara’s other notable works include “Rescuing History from the Nation” and “The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future.” His work has been widely translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and European languages. He has edited “Decolonization: Now and Then” and co-edited “A Companion to Global Historical Thought.”
Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization (CCG), a top 64th global think tank ranked by University of Pennsylvania and accredited with UN NGO“Special Consultative Status”. Dr. Wang is former Counselor to China State Council (China’s cabinet) ; a global thought leader on China and globalization, global governance, international trade and investment, global migration and talent flows, China’s international relations and China-U.S. trade relations, with more than 100 publications in both Chinese and English
