Zhao Kejin was a resident scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center until June 2020.
Zhao Kejin was a resident scholar at Carnegie China and deputy director of Tsinghua’s center for U.S.-China relations. An expert on U.S. government and politics, comparative politics, political marketing, and Chinese diplomatic institutions, Zhao ran a program on China’s public diplomacy. Zhao is also an associate professor in the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University. Before joining the Tsinghua faculty, Zhao was an assistant professor with the Center for American Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Zhao has published numerous articles and books, including Building the Future: The Institutional Study on U.S. Congressional Lobbying Activities and Public Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.
China and the United States are seeking common ground in order to build a rules-based cyber regime that would aim to make state conduct in this emerging domain more predictable.
China’s Belt and Road initiative aims to extend infrastructure and connectivity across Eurasia, but so far few infrastructure projects have been enacted and the proposal remains at an early stage.
More cultural exchanges between U.S. and Chinese academics and young people can help enhance constructive relations between the two countries.
China established the National Security Commission to help top leaders coordinate the country’s national security policy in a world of increasingly complex security challenges.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for his first state visit to the United States in September, U.S.-China relations are approaching a critical juncture.
By proposing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and pledging support for development in Southeast Asia, China will feature heavily in the region’s ongoing growth.
The BRICS countries are establishing the New Development Bank to expand economic assistance to developing countries beyond that offered by the Bretton Woods institutions.
It remains to be seen how China can continue to abide by its traditional foreign policy principles of non-intervention and non-interference as it adopts a more active diplomatic strategy.
Developments in Japan’s defense policy and military spending have reinforced Chinese concerns that Japan is pursuing a policy of containment. It is unclear if a stronger Japanese military would have a stabilizing role in the Asia Pacific, or if it would only heighten existing tensions.
City-to-city diplomacy is becoming an increasingly important part of U.S. and Chinese soft power, public diplomacy, and foreign policy strategies.
