2025 Festival Highlights | Navigating the Dynamics of China-U.S. Politics

In this next #UWRF25 highlight conversation, American writer, journalist and private diplomat Michael Vatikiotis invites New York Times Diplomatxic Correspondent Edward Wong and Chinese Senior Fellow Zhou Bo to examine the complexities of China–United States relations and how contemporary politics influence these powers. Listen in as they untangle their geopolitical landscape and the interactions between competing world powers. Listen in this clip as Wong describes Trump’s approach on the world stage as driven more by short-term tactics than by a coherent long-term strategy, with decision-making often shifting from day to day, a dynamic that has played out in the widening US–Israel conflict with Iran, where rapidly shifting goals and mixed messaging have marked America’s involvement in the region. Watch and listen to this lively panel now at ubudwritersfestival.com/media and on podcast platforms such as Spotify and Simplecast.