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Yu Yunquan
Zhang Yongpan
Shamil Yenikeyeff
Ma Yunpeng
Nailya Yakovleva
Shen Yi
Fu Yanjie
Natalia Yurova
Inna Yanikeyeva
Wang Yiwei
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Jean Monnet Chair Professor, Vice President of Academy of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Renmin University of China

He is an expert advisor of the CCPIT Advisory Committee and Turkish TRT World Forum, as well as a Council Member of the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA). He was formerly a diplomat at the Chinese Mission to the European Union (2008-2011) and a distinguished professor at Tongji University (2011-2013), professor of the Centre for American Studies at Fudan University (2001-2008), visiting professor at Yonsei University (2005) and Fox Fellow of Yale University (2000-2001). His main research interests include Belt & Road Studies, European Integration, Public Diplomacy, Chinese foreign policy, and EU-China relations. His recent books include The Decline of Modern Civilisation and the Dawn of a Community of a Shared Future for Humankind, An Interconnected World: China and the Belt and Road Initiative, China Connects the World: What’s Behind the Belt & Road Initiative (translated into 15 versions), New World Press, April. 2017; The Belt & Road Initiative: What China Will Offer the World in Its Rise (translated in 20 versions, both book of year 2015, 2016), Haishang: Revelations of European Civilisation (both in Chinese and English) and China NATO Studies Series. He was invited to give keynote speech on the BRI at UNESCO and a side event of the UN General Assembly. He’s attended over 1,000 forums and conferences, such as the BRI International Cooperation Forum, Munich Security Conference, Shangri-La Dialogue, Valdai Club Forum, Boao Asia Forum, Wilton Park conference, Stockholm China Forum, Berlin Diplomatic Forum and World Government Summit. He is a frequent guest interviewee of the South China Morning Post, Russia Today, CCTV/CGTN, BBC, New York Times and other media.


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A Group of Dragons Without a Leader: Multipolarisation of the World
China advocates for the equal and orderly multipolarisation of the world and inclusive, universally beneficial economic globalisation. Equal and orderly multipolarisation entails insisting on the equality of all countries regardless of their size, the genuine promotion of democracy in international relations and opposition to hegemony and power politics.
10.11.2025
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The Global Significance of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression
The great historical significance of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression goes beyond the grand decisive battle between justice and evil, light and darkness, progress and reaction in the world war against fascism, Wang Yiwei writes.
18.09.2025
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Panic Without the Panic Room: Reflections on Fractured Transatlantic Relations After Three Years of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Europe is struggling to adapt to a new multipolar world, but to be able to turn around, it has to radically change its self-perception and modus operandi, stepping out of the West-dominated path of arrogant and obsolete order planning. With the rise of the Global South, the arrival of the AI revolution, and especially the return of Trump, the inner workings of Europe’s understanding of the world order actually reveal fears of different outcomes for the future evolution of that order, Wang Yiwei and Tan Yannan write.
03.03.2025
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Two Years Into the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: 10 Lessons We Can Learn
Europe is at a crossroads: How can it cope with the grave security challenges posed by the (potential) collapse of Ukraine and the return of Donald Trump? In the short term, enhancing defence autonomy is a top priority on the agenda; in the long run, Europe should change its thinking pattern and look for a suitable ultimate solution to the conflict.
24.05.2024
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Is Greater Eurasia Possible Without Europe: A Security Perspective?
It is up to European countries, including Russia, to talk through a future European security structure: even though strategically Russia can rely on its Asian partners, it cannot separate itself from Europe geographically. If Russia intends to promote Greater Eurasia eastward smoothly, European stability should be taken into consideration: cooperation with the Belt and Road Initiative, whose route goes to west, is also a major part of Greater Eurasia.
28.03.2022
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Vaccine Race: The Implications for the World Economy
Countries around the world are placing high hopes on the new COVID-19 vaccines in their joint efforts to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, while continuing to face “deficits” in vaccine production capacity and global distribution issues. As a developing country, China has offered to provide its vaccines as public goods to the rest of the world, particularly to people from less developed countries, emphasising the concept of building a global health community for mankind, write Wang Yiwei & Chen Chao.
15.04.2021
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China and Europe: BRI and the 17+1 Initiative
China’s internal market reform and China-EU cooperation concerning the reform of the open economy and the global governance mechanism will remain important issues with respect to bilateral economic and trade cooperation. The Europeans may worry that the agreement between China and the US will harm their interests. However, both sides have stated that China hasn’t promised the US any exclusive advantages and everything was done according to WTO rules.
28.01.2020
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China-US Phase 1 Agreement: A Positive Spillover for the World
The agreement between China and the USA is a good thing for the world. As the biggest economies in the world, the joint initiatives, such as the protection of intellectual property rights, bank regulation, etc., will promote economic reform globally, and lay the foundation for a new round of WTO reform and negotiations on the rules of trade.
22.01.2020
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China's Rise and NATO
Although Europeans succumbed to US pressure and at the NATO summit agreed to acknowledge the Chinese challenges to the alliance, it will not substantially affect Chinese economic projects in Europe. However, China and Russia, two countries once regarded as enemies by NATO, may cooperate to meet the challenges of all parties.
11.12.2019
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