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    Time Event Venue
    8:30¨C9:00 Registration BSG02
    9:00¨C09:15 Opening Remarks BSG02
    9:00¨C09:05 Dr Francesco Macheda, HoD of International Studies, XJTLU
    9:05¨C09:10 Professor Ruan, Zhoulin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, XJTLU
    09:10¨C10:10 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, XJTLU
    Professor Robert Wade, LSE
    Professor Daokui Li, Tsinghua University
    Professor Adam Cross, XJTLU
    Professor Ji You, XJTLU    		 BSG02
    11:00¨C11:30 Coffee Break & Student Poster Exhibition*
    11:30¨C12:30 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¨CIran¨CUS Theatre (Mohsen Solhdoost, Assistant Professor, XJTLU)
    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 ºìÐÓÊÓƵ)
    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¨C13:15 Lunch
    Keynote Speech
    13:30¨C14:30 Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University, ¡°The Future of a Multipolar World¡± BSG02
    14:30¨C14:45 Coffee Break
    14:45¨C16:15 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) ?
    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, XJTLU) ?
    15:15-15:30 The Technological Financial Military Linkage and the Reproduction of Inequality between Countries (Leonardo Bargigli, Visiting Scholar ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Professor, University of Florence) ?
    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) ?
    15:45-16:15 Discussion, Q&A ?
    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¨CU.S. Rivalry and the Restructuring of Rare-Earth Supply Chains in the Indo-Pacific (Xiaolin Duan, Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen) ?
    15:00-15:15 How China¡¯s Currency Swap Arrangements Can Be Alternatives to IMF Lending? (Wei Li, Associate Professor, Beihang University) ?
    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) ?
    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) ?
    15:45-16:15 Discussion, Q&A ?
    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, XJTLU) ?
    15:00-15:15 Persistence in Chinese Climate Policy Uncertainty (Marc Gronwald, Senior Associate Professor, XJTLU) ?
    15:15-15:30 Climate diplomacy in the BRICS: A documentary analysis of an emerging climate agenda (Niklas Weins, Assistant Professor, XJTLU) ?
    15:30-15:45 Network Ecosystem Construction in AI Application Scenarios (Shuoying Chen, Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) ?
    15:45-16:15 Discussion, Q&A ?
    16:15¨C16:30 Coffee Break
    16:30¨C17:30 Bridging Scholarship: A Conversation with Journal Editors
    Moderator: Dr Fanglu Sun, XJTLU
    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¨C18:00 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, XJTLU)
    • Unequal Skies, Shared Destiny: Bridging the Political and Financial Rift in Global Climate Governance (Junfu Lu, BA, Xi’an Jiaotong-ºìÐÓÊÓƵ 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, XJTLU)
    • Why Doesn¡¯t Economic Influence Translate into Security Commitment? The Structural Paradox of Rising Powers in Fragile States ¡ª¡ªThe 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, XJTLU)
    • The Relationship between Agrarian Reform and Climate Mitigation Goals in China: A Case ºìÐÓÊÓƵ on Poverty Eradication, Zero Hunger, and Climate Action (Najara Escari?o, Visting Ph.D Candidate, XJTLU)
    • Why Does Innovation Development Diverges? A Comparative Analysis of Japan, T¨¹rkiye and Mexico on Pathways of Science-Education-Industry-Talent Integration (Yizhou Tang, MA, Tongji University)