As GMF's 17th Stockholm China Forum (SCF) gathered this year in Washington, DC, GMF Fellow Amy Studdart shared a running commentary and analysis of the conversations and panels held throughout the day. The various pieces are linked below (listed most recent first) on human rights, Chinese politics, the South China Sea, trade and more! To see more about what happened at SCF this year, check out  #SCF17 and @gmfus on Twitter.

Bad News Brexit
Notes from Stockholm China Forum

We just concluded a discussion nominally on European China policy which quickly descended into a lamentation of the Brexit and everything that’s followed since...
 

Whither the Liberal Order?
Notes from Stockholm China Forum

We’ve started the second day of Stockholm China Forum with back to back sessions on the G20 summit in Hangzhou and the Obama administration’s “rebalance” to Asia. The broader theme across those sessions has been about the models and values upon which the West’s relationship with China is built, and the framework within which it operates...
 

Saving Our Open Economy
Notes from Stockholm China Forum

Here are a couple of the big takeaways from the enormously dense conversation we just concluded on trade and investment...
 

Avoiding World War III: The South China Sea
Notes from Stockholm China Forum

A Pew survey released yesterday found that 59% of Chinese respondents are concerned that tensions in the South China Sea could turn into military conflict. At Stockholm China Forum today, the pessimism among European and U.S. policymakers seems just as high...
 

China and the Internet 
Notes from Stockholm China Forum

We’ve just concluded an expansive session at GMF’s Stockholm China Forum on whether or not it’s possible to have a cooperative agenda between China, the U.S. and Europe on cyber. The session opened up more questions than it gave answers, as so often happens on this topic, but here are a few of the most salient points...
 

Everything You Need to Know About China, #2

As is often the case with SCF, so much of the discussion was new and interesting that my note-taking couldn’t keep up. Six and a half years later, reviewing the pieces of the discussion I did manage to legibly write down, here are a few of the things that stand out...
 

Everything You Need To Know About China Ahead of #SCF17

One of the best things about working at GMF is that you get to be a fly on the wall while some of the world’s smartest people tell each other the most interesting things they know. My favorite wall to be on is at Stockholm China Forum, the 17th of which is taking place next week on October 6–7. For the first time, the organizers have agreed to let me live-blog some of the most insightful tidbits on Medium. I literally can’t wait to get started, so here’s a preview of the discussions I’m most looking forward to...