On the evening of March 14, 2024, the Institute of International Strategic Studies (IISS), Peking University (PKU) hosted lecture series under the 71st North Pavilion Seminar. Tyler Jost, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Public Affairs at Brown University and Assistant Professor at the Watson Institute for China Studies, delivered a report titled "The Development Trend of China-U.S. Relations Since 2001" and engaged in exchanges with the teachers and students present at the event. The lecture was chaired by Associate Professor Gui Yongtao, Vice President of IISS, PKU and Deputy Dean of the School of International Studies (SIS), PKU.

Tyler Jost's core focus was on the reasons for cooperation among major powers. Historically, cooperation among major powers has always existed, such as the China-Soviet cooperation during the Cold War, the thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations, and the China-U.S. cooperation in the early 21st century, but none of these lasted. Tyler Jost collected data and developed a set of independent empirical indicators to assess cooperation among major powers. He expressed that the data show a sharp decrease in China-U.S. cooperation between 2015 and 2018, which cannot be well explained from the perspectives of power transition, political ideology, and domestic politics. He believes that the interaction between domestic and foreign governance of major powers is an important factor causing the above changes.

During the Q&A session, Tyler Jost engaged in discussion and exchanged views with the teachers and students present at the lecture on issues such as the differences in competitive attitudes between China and the U.S. and the direction of data collection for research. (Contributed by: Wang Shiyu)

Editor: Li Fangqi