The International Institute for Peace (IIP), in cooperation with the Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society (GSIS), cordially invites you to the following event:
CHINA AND THE WORLD
Date: Monday, May 6
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: International Institute for Peace, Möllwaldplatz 5/7, Vienna, 1040
SPEAKER
OUYANG KANG: Ph.D., former Vice President of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Director of the Institute of Philosophy
SUSANNE WEIGELIN-SCHWIEDRZIK: Prof., Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Vienna
THOMAS EDER: Senior Fellow, Austrian Institute for International Affairs
MODERATION
STEPHANIE FENKART: Director of the IIP
CONTENT
Especially in the last decade tensions between the West and China rose along different thematic issues. The perception of China as a rising global power alarmed the US which sees its unique position in the world in danger whereas many states in Europe are interested in maintaining the status quo, namely increasing their economic relations with China, while staying in the security alliance with the US. Russia’s war against Ukraine and Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza already shook the so-called international order to its core and the enlargement of BRICS is monitored and looked at skeptically by the Western alliance. How does China perceive it`s role in a more and more fragmented world? How does it see the international world order and the future of multilateralism in an increasing multipolar world? What are China`s ambitions strategically and regionally and what philosophy lies behind China`s foreign policy? These and other questions will be discussed between Prof. Ouyang Kang, Prof. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik and Dr. Thomas Eder.
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The discussion will be held in English.
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