The RDCY Series online live lectures on Re-recognize the United States, Lecture No. 13

Has the Post-US Hegemony Era Come? 

The United States and International Order after the Pandemic.

When: 20:00, June 28, 2020

Yong WANG is Professor at School of International Studies, and the Director of the Center for American Studies and the Center for International Political Economy, Peking University. Senior fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin Univerisity of China(RDCY), former Visiting Chevelier Chair Professor at Institute of Asian Research(IAR), University of British Columbia(UBC), beginning in September 2015. Member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Agenda Council on Global Trade and FDI, and Think20 (a Network of G20 Think tanks). He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Global Asia, the Journal of Global Governance and the Journal of Human Security.

Main Points:

1. What are the characteristics of “peace under American governance”?

2. How does the US abuse its structural power in international affairs?

3. Will the COVID-19 outbreak and protests accelerate the decline of the US hegemony?

4. Is the overall competition between China and the United States a "battle for hegemony"?

5. What are the features of the international order in the era of post-US hegemony?

Supported by Journal of International Security Studies, University of International Relations.