Jonathan Powell had been busy for a while in/with the PRC.
September 21–22, 2024:
The first “U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue (Track II)” was held in Beijing, organised by the Grandview Institution (国观智库), supported by The China-United States Exchange Foundation (under CPAFC).
Jonathan Powell, founder of Inter Mediate, served as chair, and Inter Mediate team members such as Natasha Groom and Julien Chatel attended.
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
March 22, 2024:
Representatives from the Grandview Institution and Inter Mediate (including Powell, Ameya Kilara, and Julien Chatel) jointly visited the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) to discuss people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States.
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
April 8–9, 2025:
A Grandview delegation visited Inter Mediate in London, where the two sides held in-depth discussions on the agenda and follow-up cooperation mechanisms for the second U.S.–China Strategic Stability Dialogue.
(The delegation also visited ICG and the Global Stability Network during the trip.)
(U.S.–China relations / Sino–U.S. relations)
April 24–25, 2025:
The second “U.S.–China Strategic Security and Stability Dialogue” took place in Jiaxing, Zhejiang.
Inter Mediate’s Claire Hajaj-Calestini co-chaired parts of the event together with the China–U.S. Exchange Foundation (CUSEF).
Inter Mediate team members including Natasha Groom and Julien Chatel were in attendance.
(Grandview Institution)
April 7, 2025:
During a closed-door seminar between the Grandview Institution and the UK Foreign Office, the British side highlighted the outcomes of last year’s Grandview × Inter Mediate dialogue and discussed the possibility of launching a UK–China Track II Strategic Security Dialogue based on that experience.