DA Wei: Director of Center for International Security and Strategy; Professor in the Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University

On September 19, 2026, Da Wei, Director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) and Professor in the Department of International Relations at Tsinghua University, was invited to attend Global Town Hall 2026 hosted by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), and delivered in the Session 1 of the conference.

The Global Town Hall is an annual online “marathonstyle” conference organised by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia. Each year it brings together universities, thinktanks and nongovernmental organisations from different regions across the globe for 12 consecutive hours of discussions. The theme of this year’s conference is “Calling for a Global U-Turn: Recentering Development, Reclaiming Humanity, Restoring Justice in a Crazi(er) World”. CISS continued to serve as the Chinese partner for this edition of the Global Town Hall. Xiao Qian, Deputy Director of CISS, delivered a video message for the event.

In the Session 1, Da Wei spoke alongside Kurt Campbell, former United States Deputy Secretary of State, and Bilahari Kausikan, former Permanent Secretary of Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with six discussants from other countries worldwide, they deliberated on “The State of the World 2026: Preparing for the Next World Order”. The session was moderated by Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy.