China as a Responsible Stakeholder? A Decade Later

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
1:45 PM to 4:45 PM
Location: The Newseum
Knight Conference Center
Freedom Forum Entrance, 6th Street
555 Pennsylvania Ave
NW Washington, DC 20001

In 2005, then-Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick used the term “responsible stakeholder” to address how China should wield its influence in the coming future. In his remarks, he classified the U.S.-China relationship as one that must be built on not only shared interests but shared values. A decade later, how has China contributed positively to the international system and met US expectations as a responsible stakeholder? Going forward, what challenges, changes, and concerns will shape China’s developing role in global and regional affairs?

This conference brought together an expert panel to identify and assess areas where China challenges the existing international order and offered recommendations for a U.S. response to reinforce the pre-existing security and economic architecture in the Asia-Pacific.

Evan Feigenbaum 

Vice Chairman, Paulson Institute

Moderator: Rachael Burton 

Research Associate, Project 2049 Institute

Cheng Xiaonong

Director, Center for Modern China

He Qinglian 

Commentator, Chinese Branch, Voice of America

John Lee 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

Oriana Mastro 

Assistant Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Molly Roberts 

Assistant Professor, 21st Century China Program, UC San Diego

Moderator:

Randall Schriver 

President and CEO, Project 2049 Institute

Kathleen Hicks

Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair, Director, International Security Program, CSIS

Ashley J. Tellis 

Senior Associate, South Asia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace