Participant Biographies

Philip Stephens

Philip Stephens

Associate Editor and Chief Political Commentator, The Financial Times
Plenary Session III - "G2 or G1? U.S.-China Relations"

Mr. Stephens is Chief Political Commentator and Associa […]

Dmitry Suslov

Dmitry Suslov

Deputy Director, Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University- Higher School of Economics
Session 3 - "Reordering U.S.-Russia Relations"

Dr. Suslov is Deputy Director of the Center for Compreh […]

Togo Kazuhiko

Togo Kazuhiko

Professor and Director, Institute for World Affairs, Kyoto Sangyo University
Plenary Session I - "Is the U.S. Back?"

Ambassador Togo is a professor and the director of the […]

Sinan Ülgen

Sinan Ülgen

Chairman, Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies, EDAM
Session 3 - "Reordering the Middle East"

Mr. Ülgen is chairman of the Center for Economics and F […]

Richard Weitz

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis, Hudson Institute
Session 2 - "Nonproliferation"

Dr. Weitz is a senior fellow and director of the Center […]

Wu Jianmin

Wu Jianmin

Member, International Advisory Committee ; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC
Plenary Session I - "Is the U.S. Back?"

Amb. Wu is a special researcher in the Counselors’ offi […]

Xie Feng

Xie Feng

Staff Officer, Foreign Affairs Office, Academy of Military Science, PLA
Observer

Dr. Xie is an assistant research fellow and staff offic […]

Xu Weidi

Xu Weidi

Research Fellow, Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, PLA, China
Session 1 - "Revolution in Military Affairs

Sr. Col. Xu is a research fellow in the Institute for S […]

Yamaguchi Noboru

Yamaguchi Noboru

Professor, International University of Japan
Session 1 - "Revolution in Military Affairs"

Lt. Gen. Yamaguchi (Ret.) is Professor at the Internati […]

Yang Xiyu

Yang Xiyu

Senior Fellow, China Institute of International Studies ; Executive Vice President, Institute of Boao Forum for Asia
Session 2 - "Nonproliferation", Session 4 - "Never Been Better? Korea-U.S. Relations"

Mr. Yang is a Senior Fellow at the China Institute of I […]