U.S. China Policy Forum Agenda

Group Discussion Initial remarks from:
• Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
• Noah Millman, Author, Gideon’s Substack
• Christopher Johnson, President and CEO, China Strategies Group, LLC
• Susan Shirk, Director Emeritus, 1st Century China Center, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
• Julian Gewirtz, Former Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs, U.S. National Security Council; Former Deputy China Coordinator, U.S. State Department

Discussion Questions:
• Secretary Rubio recently stated that the period of U.S. unipolarity was an anomaly and that “eventually you were going to reach back to a point where you had a multipolar world.” What is the significance of such a shift in worldview?
• What would “success” in U.S.-China policy look like in a multipolar world? What metrics should we use to evaluate progress?
• What are the emerging properties of a new “Trump doctrine”?
• How might China’s strategic judgment and policies change in response to the shifts underway?
• What impact will the Administration’s rapprochement with Russia have on China and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific?
• What do China’s domestic challenges mean for its likely international trajectory, especially amid shifting U.S. policy? How should U.S. strategy take account of both the CCP’s domestic insecurity and slowing economic growth—as well as its comparative industrial and technological strengths?