'Trump, China and the Region: Where to from here?' One day symposium

Hosted by the Centre for Strategic Studies and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre

Date: Thursday 4 May, 2017, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Location: Hunter Council Chamber, Victoria University of Wellington

This one-day symposium brings together a group of leading international and local scholars to consider and debate what the Trump Administration’s policies might mean for the future of US-China relations and for the security and prosperity of the wider region, including New Zealand.

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The election of President Donald J. Trump and the consolidation of President Xi Jinping’s leadership in China have raised fundamental questions about the future of US-China relations and the shape of the economic and security order in the Asia-Pacific region.

This one-day symposium brings together a group of leading international and local scholars to consider and debate what the Trump Administration’s policies might mean for the future of US-China relations and for the security and prosperity of the wider region, including New Zealand.

Speakers include:

  • H.E. Bilahari Kausikan, Ambassador-at-Large, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Jamil Anderlini, Asia Editor, Financial Times
  • Amy Searight, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Washington D.C.*
  • WANG Dong, School of International Studies, Peking University.
  • Bates Gill, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University.
  • Ian Storey, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.
  • SHAO Yuqun, Center for American Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.
  • Toshihiro Nakayama, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.
  • Natasha Hamilton-Hart, New Zealand Asia Institute, University of Auckland.
  • Robert Ayson, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
  • Brendan Taylor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University.

Registration (includes refreshments and lunch): $65/$40 students & unwaged

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