The 10th International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies
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The 10th International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies
Jinan University
Guangzhou, CN
November 10, 2026 – November 11, 2026
The world in 2026 is gripped by a global polycrisis, a condition in which multiple, distinct crises interact and compound one another in ways that make the aggregate situation far more severe than any single crisis alone. The concept, popularized by historian Adam Tooze and adopted by the World Economic Forum, describes a reality in which food shortages, climate breakdown, geopolitical rivalries, digital conflicts, and social fragmentation are no longer separate policy challenges: they are a single, cascading emergency.
Held in Guangzhou, China, ICSGS 2026 occupies a uniquely strategic location. As one of China’s foremost international commercial and conference hubs, Guangzhou combines world-class MICE infrastructure with deep economic, geopolitical, and regional significance. Located at the heart of the Pearl River Delta and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou serves as a major gateway connecting China with Southeast Asia and the wider Indo-Pacific. Its proximity to the South China Sea and integration with some of the world’s busiest ports, manufacturing networks, and maritime trade corridors make the city particularly relevant to contemporary discussions on regional connectivity and global supply chains. This geography is not incidental: it provides the conference’s analytical backdrop, making discussions of maritime governance, food security, regional architecture, economic connectivity, and China’s role in Indo-Pacific dynamics immediately vivid and concrete.
Three megatrends define the conference's intellectual horizon:
- Geopolitical reconfiguration: The US–China strategic rivalry, the fracturing of global supply chains, ASEAN's balancing act, and the restructuring of multilateral institutions are redefining international relations at every level.
- Sustainability imperatives: Climate change, biodiversity loss, food and energy insecurity, and the green energy transition are now central to security, development, and state survival — not peripheral concerns.
- Technological disruption: Artificial intelligence, cyber warfare, digital sovereignty, and the race for critical technologies are creating new geopolitical fault lines that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
ICSGS 2026 invites scholars, graduate students, policymakers, and practitioners to engage these challenges through the integrated lenses of strategic studies, global studies, and sustainable development — transcending disciplinary silos to produce knowledge that is analytically rigorous and policy-relevant.