Liberal values are declining and populism is on the rise, with the United States becoming the main force in undermining liberal international norms over the past decade. This is according to Yan Xuetong, a leading Chinese scholar in international relations, who says that China should give priority to "neighborhood diplomacy" given that current China-U.S. tensions could be a long-time trend. How worried should we be about declining liberal values and rising populism? How will China and the U.S. deal with their current frictions? And to what extent will global diplomacy be impacted by this year's many elections and rising geopolitical tensions? I

n this edition of Dialogue, Mr. Yan Xuetong, secretary-general of the World Peace Forum and also director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University, shares his insights on these topics and more. #CGTN #Dialogue #InternationalPolitics #ChinaUSRelations