December 12 and 14, Dr. Banning Garrett, Director of the Asia Program at US-based Atlantic Council delivers lectures in SIIS on the issues of “US Perspective on International Order and Global Trends & Implications on US-China Relations” and “Impact of New Technologies on Globalization, Geopolitics, Environment and US-China Relations”. Prof. Wu Chunsi, Executive Director of Institute for International Strategic Studies and Dr. Shao Yuqun, Director of Center for American Studies preside over the lectures respectively.