Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

Georgetown University’s Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues addresses peace and security-related issues and opportunities for cooperation through research, publications, public events, and dialogues that engage faculty, students, and leading stakeholders in both countries.

Following several research workshops sponsored by the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, Professor Evan Medeiros, Penner Family Chair in Asian Studies at the School of Foreign Service and senior fellow with the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue published Cold Rivals: The New Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition (Georgetown University Press, August 2023), an edited volume assessing U.S.-China strategic competition with contributions from participants of the U.S.-China Research Group on Managing Strategic Competition. 

During the 2020-2021 academic year, the initiative and the Asian Studies Program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service launched the Project on Strategic Dialogue in the Asia-Pacific, a series of virtual and on-site dialogues about key players in the Asia-Pacific region and their strategic roles in the wider context of U.S.-China relations. The project was jointly led by Professors Michael Green and Evan Medeiros.

In 2019, the initiative sponsored the U.S.-China Research Group on Managing Strategic Competition to address the peace and security implications of strategic competition between the United States and China. Co-convened by Dennis Wilder of Georgetown University, Evan Medeiros of Georgetown University, and Wang Jisi of Peking University, the group brought together leading scholars in Washington, DC from the United States and China to develop a shared research agenda and joint book project on the topic.

In 2017, former managing director Dennis Wilder led research workshops that brought together groups of leading U.S. and Chinese scholars for dialogues on strategic trust and China's Belt and Road Initiative.
The goal of these workshops was to look for potential ways to expand areas of common interest and minimize political friction between the world's largest and second-largest economies. 

For an overview of Georgetown’s engagement with issues of peace and security across schools and programs, visit the Global Georgetown website.