September 11, Prof. Cesare Merlini, Senior visiting scholar of Brookings Institution and former Director of Italian Institute for International Relations , visits SIIS and delivers a speech on U.S.-European relations. SIIS President Chen Dongxiao chairs the conference. Prof. Yang Jiemian, Director of SIIS Academic Committee, members of the Center for American Studies and the Center for European Studies as well as young research fellows have a heated discussion with him.