The Paris Agreement marked a rare moment of global alignment on climate change. For the first time, nearly all states, including the United States and China committed to a common framework aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global warming. The agreement established a shared direction focus on the gradual transition toward low-carbon economies, emissions reductions, net-zero targets, and sustained multilateral cooperation.

In March 2026, Prof. Dr. Moisés Villamil Balestro, Full Professor at the University of Brasília and Director of the Research Group on Comparative Studies in Economic Sociology, was invited to IPP for a three-month residential research program.

​The Munich Security Conference is taking place from 13 to 15 February. European leaders, together with major geopolitical actors such as China and Iran, have gathered to express and exchange their positions on the war in Ukraine, a conflict that has persisted for four years since Russia launched its “Special Military Operation” on 22 February 2022. With more than two million casualties on both sides combined, the scale of devastation underscores the urgency of the moment. European leaders incre

On February 5, 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia is set to expire, potentially ending the last remaining legally binding framework limiting the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. If no interim arrangement or successor is reached, the U.S. and Russian strategic forces would operate for the first time since the early 1970s without agreed constraints. The expiration comes amid ongoing conflict in Ukraine, strategic competition in the A

On January 20, 2026, a delegation from the Singapore Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) visited the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) and co-hosted a thematic research symposium.

The Arctic, once a beacon of scientific collaboration and environmental stewardship, is now becoming a flashpoint of geopolitical confrontation. The United States' recent escalation in its Arctic strategy – evidenced by its relentless pursuit of Greenland and militarization of the region – reveals a dangerous shift from multilateral cooperation to unilateral dominance. This approach, rooted in one-sided actions and hegemonic logic, threatens not only Arctic stability but the very foundations of

On November 23, during an inspection visit to Yonaguni Island, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced that plans were underway to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missiles on the island. Yonaguni Island is located at the westernmost point of the Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyu Islands Archipelago, only about 110 kilometers east of China's Taiwan region. This move represents a significant step in the Japanese government's efforts to advance the Southwest Shift of the Japan Self-Defe

Recently, Professor Zhao Wei, the Research Fellow from IPP has published two papers in renowned international academic journals, World Electric Vehicle Journal and International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, thoroughly discussing the key factors driving the continuous improvement of China's electric vehicle industry competitiveness.

We are glad to announce a Call for Chapters for the book ‘Reshaping Modernization: China and the Global South’.

Exploring New Pathways to Modernization in the Era of Global Transformation— The 12th IPP International Conference Successfully Held in Guangzhou

​On May 27, 2025, the sub-forum on Constructing an Autonomous Knowledge System for China's Philosophy and Social Sciences, part of the 2025 Cultural Power Development High-Level Forum, took place at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center.

On the afternoon of May 27, a delegation of over ten scholars from Portuguese-speaking countries’ think tanks visited the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) under the coordination of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Macao Special Administrative Region.

On the afternoon of April 29, Dr. Timothy Kendall, Consul-General of the Australian Consulate-General in Guangzhou, along with Deputy Consul-General Ms. Sophie Smith, visited the Institute of Public Policy (IPP).