28th Biweekly Policy Analysis Meeting: Closed-Door Seminar Held on “An Assessment of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Report: Features and Implications”

On the morning of December 18, 2025, the 28th Biweekly Policy Analysis Meeting, a closed-door seminar entitled “An Assessment of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Report: Features and Implications”, was held. The event was hosted by the National Academy of Development and Strategy, Renmin University of China (RUC), and organized by the Center for International Strategic Studies of the same institute.

The seminar brought together a number of leading Chinese experts and scholars in the fields of U.S. studies and Latin American studies for in-depth discussion. Participants included WANG Honggang, Research Fellow and Director of the Institute of Peace and Development Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); LIU Weidong, Research Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, CASS; XIE Tao, Professor and Dean of the School of International Relations at Beijing Foreign Studies University; GUO Cunhai, Research Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, CASS; LI Wei, Professor, Vice Dean of the School of International Studies at RUC, and Director of the RUC Center for American Studies; DIAO Daming, Professor and Vice Dean of the National Academy of Development and Strategy; and XU Yanran, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies of the National Academy of Development and Strategy. The seminar was chaired by FANG Changping, Professor and Director of the Center for International Strategic Studies at the National Academy of Development and Strategy.

During the meeting, the participating experts and scholars offered in-depth interpretations of the newly released report from multiple perspectives and assessed possible directions for future adjustments in U.S. national security strategy. Their discussions provided thorough analysis of a range of complex issues, including the content of the report and its background, potential strategic shifts and their practical implications, major power competitions and its regional impacts, as well as U.S. strategy toward China and China’s corresponding responses. The seminar further deepened understanding of the new U.S. National Security Strategy report and its implications for future changes in U.S. strategy.

Proofreaders: FANG Changping, ZOU Jingxian

Translator: ZHANG Yuqing

Web Editor: ZHANG Jingjing