Some of the world’s most critical flashpoints are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific today. The 2017 Lee Shau Kee World Leaders Forum will examine East Asia’s geopolitical volatilities in the context of China’s rapid rise while assessing the evolving role of the United States in the region. The Forum will first include remarks by the Director of FSI and former U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Michael A. McFaul, on President Donald Trump's world view. A panel discussion will follow with leading policy experts, including the Director of the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative, Shorenstein APARC, and former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry; former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, Kathleen Stephens; and former chairman of the National Intelligence Council, Dr. Thomas Fingar. The expert panel will examine the current state of U.S.-China relations in this increasingly turbulent region.
The Lee Shau Kee World Leaders Forum is an annual event established to raise public understanding of the complex issues China and other countries face in the course of rapid development. The purpose of the Lee Shau Kee World Leaders Forum is to foster engagement among government, academic, private sector and civil society leaders on pressing challenges of global importance that demand creative and innovative solutions.
This year’s event also marks the Tenth Anniversary of the China Program and the Fifth Anniversary of the Stanford Center at Peking University.
Speakers
Karl Eikenberry
Director, U.S. - Asia Security Initiative, Shorenstein APARC at Stanford University; Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Thomas Fingar
Shorenstein APARC Fellow at Stanford University; Former chairman, National Intelligence Council
Michael McFaul
Director of Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford; Former U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation
Kathleen Stephens
William J. Perry Fellow, Shorenstein APARC at Stanford University; Former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Tiejun Yu
Associate professor in the School of International Studies; Vice President of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University
Feng Zhu
Executive Director of China Center for Collaborative Studies of the South China Sea; Director of the Institute of International Studies, Nanjing University