Fri Jul 18, 2025 – Mon Jul 21, 2025
The Aspen Strategy Group convened for its annual Summer Workshop from July 18-21, 2025 in Aspen, CO. The meeting brought together over fifty ASG members and invited experts from the fields of government, academia, journalism, and business to discuss the great power competition between the U.S. and China.
In this time of immense geopolitical uncertainty, our discussions this summer focused on the rapidly evolving U.S.-China relationship at a time of major upheaval in the international system. This year’s meeting aimed to assess what is happening inside China, reevaluate what our goals for U.S.-China relations should be, and develop actionable recommendations for how to achieve them. The sessions covered China’s internal dynamics, America’s end goals, the evolving economic competition, the Taiwan challenge, the technological rivalry, and the balance of military power, among other subjects.
The Aspen Strategy Group will publish a collection of policy pieces in late October 2025 that includes original papers published by the ASG and pieces published in major media outlets by our members and invited experts that capture the ideas emanating from the meeting.
