Jean Dong serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne and, as of August 2024, is a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.Since 2016, Jean has served as a task force member of the G20 think tank engagement group (T20), contributing under the leadership of Japan, China, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and India. She has played an active role in shaping policy recommendations for G20 leaders on vital topics such as WTO reform, fiscal policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and reforms in multilateralism.Her research interests and projects encompass Chinese history and political culture, Asian strategic security and geopolitics, as well as the alignment and governance of Artificial General Intelligence. Prior to her academic and policy pursuits, Jean accumulated extensive industry experience in bilateral and multilateral economic diplomacy work.

• Why centralized power has endured over China’s long history.- What makes the Chinese government legitimate.- Who controls the Chinese economy.- What political philosophy is driving China's governance and decision making logic.- How does the dynamic of Government power shape China's decision making.- How does China reduce the likelihood of negative decisions in a centralized power structure.- What is the logic of China's military strategy.- How will China exert it's global influence.- Destined to war.- Did the man make the times or did the times make the man.- The ultimate challenges of our time: competition, destruction or cooperation.- Thinking the unthinkable.

Jean Dong serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne and, as of August 2024, is a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.Since 2016, Jean has served as a task force member of the G20 think tank engagement group (T20), contributing under the leadership of Japan, China, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and India. She has played an active role in shaping policy recommendations for G20 leaders on vital topics such as WTO reform, fiscal policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and reforms in multilateralism.Her research interests and projects encompass Chinese history and political culture, Asian strategic security and geopolitics, as well as the alignment and governance of Artificial General Intelligence. Prior to her academic and policy pursuits, Jean accumulated extensive industry experience in bilateral and multilateral economic diplomacy work.

• Why centralized power has endured over China’s long history.- What makes the Chinese government legitimate.- Who controls the Chinese economy.- What political philosophy is driving China's governance and decision making logic.- How does the dynamic of Government power shape China's decision making.- How does China reduce the likelihood of negative decisions in a centralized power structure.- What is the logic of China's military strategy.- How will China exert it's global influence.- Destined to war.- Did the man make the times or did the times make the man.- The ultimate challenges of our time: competition, destruction or cooperation.- Thinking the unthinkable.

Jean Dong serves as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Melbourne and, as of August 2024, is a Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.Since 2016, Jean has served as a task force member of the G20 think tank engagement group (T20), contributing under the leadership of Japan, China, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and India. She has played an active role in shaping policy recommendations for G20 leaders on vital topics such as WTO reform, fiscal policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and reforms in multilateralism.Her research interests and projects encompass Chinese history and political culture, Asian strategic security and geopolitics, as well as the alignment and governance of Artificial General Intelligence. Prior to her academic and policy pursuits, Jean accumulated extensive industry experience in bilateral and multilateral economic diplomacy work.

• Why centralized power has endured over China’s long history.- What makes the Chinese government legitimate.- Who controls the Chinese economy.- What political philosophy is driving China's governance and decision making logic.- How does the dynamic of Government power shape China's decision making.- How does China reduce the likelihood of negative decisions in a centralized power structure.- What is the logic of China's military strategy.- How will China exert it's global influence.- Destined to war.- Did the man make the times or did the times make the man.- The ultimate challenges of our time: competition, destruction or cooperation.- Thinking the unthinkable.