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The Crossroads of Global Order

Over the past three years, the world has undergone an unprecedented period of turbulence: the COVID-19 pandemic, problems in the post-pandemic era, tense relations between major powers like China and the United States, the Ukraine crisis, the conflicts in the Middle East… These factors prompt questions about the global order and the trajectory of global governance as 2024 is approaching.

From October 23 to 24, scholars from some 50 think tanks around the world gathered in Beijing for the Eighth China Global Think Tank Innovation Forum, co-organized by the Center for China and Globalization and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries.

“Think tanks are creators of ideas, producers of knowledge, and advocates of policies. They serve as guiding compasses, leading the way in shaping the trends and directions

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