Should the world fear China? Does the U.S. now fear China? Does "Liberal World/International Order" mean the same thing in both the U.S. and China? Both China and America fought Fascism together in the Second World War, why can't they be allies again?
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ZHOU BO is a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and a retired Senior Colonel in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

He has published more than 180 English essays and opinions in leading publications including Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and broadcast media including  BBC, NBC, DW, and is a speaker at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore and at Munich Security conference.  
His new book is "Should the World Fear China?" Hurst Publishers, Oxford University Press .

Polaris Live starts its 5th year with a rare one-hour look at what's really happening to the economies of China and the United States through the eyes of trade, market, and currency experts from both countries. Will they agree on the impact of the U.S. tariffs on their countries and world? We'll find out in 4 days!
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Dr. ZHOU Mi
Deputy Director, Institute of American and Oceania Study, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.

He has published 1 book, compiled 1 book as executive editor and has been involved in compiling 10+ books, and published more than 700 articles. He has been responsible for or taken part in more than 200 research projects to support the decision making or consulting for wide range of Ministries, Local governments, International Organizations and enterprises.

MARC CHANDLER
Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist for Bannockburn Global Forex. He has covered global capital markets for more than 30 years.

A prolific writer and speaker, Chandler appears regularly in the financial media including Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Bloomberg, and the Washington Post, among others. Marc also provides his insights and commentary on CNBC, Bloomberg TV, CNN, and Fox Business. His publications include, Making Sense of the Dollar and Political Economy of Tomorrow. Chandler is also an honorary fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, Associate Professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and visiting professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Is China really about to invade Taiwan? Does it need to? Can the U.S. do anything about it? Are America's Indo-Pacific allies really as strong as the U.S. seems to make them appear? Will America's much touted allies in the Indo Pacific get into a fight with China. How do the countries in the region view the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy?

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Bonnie Glaser
Ms. Glaser is managing director of GMF’s Indo-Pacific program. She is also a nonresident fellow with the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a senior associate with the Pacific Forum. She is a co-author of US-Taiwan Relations: Will China's Challenge Lead to a Crisis (Brookings Press, April 2023). She was previously senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Glaser has worked at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and US policy for more than three decades.

In just six months, the new U.S. administration has fundamentally restructured the military, resulting in diminished alliances, reduced normative standards, and less emphasis on diversity. Concurrently, there has been a shift toward a more militarily-led U.S. foreign policy that has already seen American involvement in two wars in the Middle East.

Proponents argue that this redesign enhances the military’s lethality and effectiveness. But does it truly achieve that goal? More critically, does this new approach position the U.S. military to compete more effectively with its primary competitor, the People’s Republic of China, which seems to prioritize winning hearts and minds over aggressive military strategies?

We will explore this evolving global order with a distinguished guest—Secretary Chuck Hagel, one of the few Americans with a remarkable career at the top levels of international business, politics, and the military.
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Sec. Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel is an American military veteran who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska and as the 24th United States Secretary of Defense.

Sec. Hagel was the first enlisted soldier to serve as the SecDef. A recipient of two Purple Hearts while an infantry squad leader in the Vietnam War, Hagel returned home to start careers in business and politics. He co-founded Vanguard Cellular. Hagel served as a professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, chairman of the Atlantic Council, and co-chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. He is the author of: “America, Our Next Chapter: Tough Questions, Straight Answers.”

Vina Nadjibulla
Vice-President, Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Vina leads APF Canada’s research, education, and network support activities. She also oversees the Foundation’s granting and research fellowships programs as well as development and capacity building projects. Vina spent a significant portion of her career working at the United Nations headquarters and in peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions in West and Central Africa. She is a frequent media commentator on geopolitics, Canadian foreign policy, and Canada-Asia relations, with a focus on India and China.

Vina is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, a Senior Research Fellow at the Soufan Center, and a Fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.

Her current research focus includes Canada–India and Canada–China relations, as well as Canada’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific region. Born in the Soviet Union, raised in Afghanistan, and educated in the U.S., she speaks English, Russian, and Farsi.

Dr. ZHOU Mi
Deputy Director, Institute of American and Oceania Study, Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation.

He has published 1 book, compiled 1 book as executive editor and has been involved in compiling 10+ books, and published more than 700 articles. He has been responsible for or taken part in more than 200 research projects to support the decision making or consulting for wide range of Ministries, Local governments, International Organizations and enterprises.

GEORGE MAGNUS

Research Associate at Oxford University’s China Centre, and at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and works as author and speaker. His work  has been featured in many media sources including the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Politico, Prospect, Spectator, Telegraph, and the Times, and his China views are sought regularly by radio and TV. He also authored  The Age of Aging (2008), and Uprising: will emerging markets shape or shake the world economy? (2011).

Since leaving UBS in 2016, George has devoted his attention to the Xi Jinping’s China and sought to analyse and explain the key drivers of China’s economic slowdown and its consequences, and the increasingly trenchant significance of China’s role in the global economy and for international relations.

Recent headline in Straits Times: “Trump blinked in Trade war with China,” Is this the image of the U.S. Tariff flip-flop in Malaysia? Is ASEAN holding together or are the bloc's countries ready to strike their own deals? Are India and European Countries diversification candidates for Malaysia,   What other countries might be likely candidates?
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Doris Liew is an economist specializing in ASEAN’s economic development, regional and international trade dynamics, labor economics, poverty and inequality, and public finance.

The long history of friendship between the U.S. and Canada has ruptured, can it ever be rebuilt? What is the best Canadians can expect in the Tariff negotiations with Mr. Trump seeing that over 70% of Canada's exports go to America? Where does Canada go to lessen its trade reliance on on the U.S.
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JEREMY PALTIEL
 Professor of Political Science (emeritus)  at Carleton University, Canada. He is author of several chapters included in edited volumes.  His published articles appear in numerous publications including The China Quarterly and Asian Affairs.

SHEHZAD QAZI
As the firm-wide operations lead, Shehzad oversees product innovation, client services, new businessacquisition, and corporate strategy at China Beige Book International. Since 2012, Shehzad has helped develop data collection for the China Beige Book™ platform and supervised the analytics team. During this time, he has also designed innovative services and macro strategic and sectoral products for the firm’s financial markets and corporate clients. Shehzad is a frequent guest on major national news networks including CNBC, Bloomberg, and CNN and speaks regularly at investor conferences. 

His articles have appeared in Barron’s, Foreign Policy, and Huffington Post among other publications. Previously, Shehzad worked at a strategic public opinion research firm and conducted market intelligence polling in emerging and frontier economies. Shehzad holds an M.A. in International Relations from New York University and a B.A. in International Studies from Indiana University. He is an elected member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.