Jointly Organized by the New Zealand Asia Institute at the University of Auckland and the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College, March 19th, 2019
“Peace and Prosperity in Pacific-Asia in the Age of U.S.-China Strategic Competition”
Causes, Dynamics, and Consequences of U.S.- China Strategic Competition
PANEL ONE
Chair:
Dr. Antje Fiedler, University of Auckland
Presenters:
Dr. Gerald Chan
”To Globalise or Not to Globalise? The Divergence and Convergence of China and the U.S.”
University of Auckland
Dr. Minxin Pei
”When Titans Clash: How U.S.-China Strategic Competition Will Reshape the Security and Economic Dynamics in Pacific-Asia”
Claremont McKenna College
Dr. Stephen Noakes
”Economic Statecraft and the Making of Bilateral Relationships: Canada-China and New Zealand- China Interactions Compared”
University of Auckland
Chinese and American Strategies
PANEL TWO
Chair:
Dr. Stephen Noakes, University of Auckland
Presenters:
Dr. Jennifer Taw
”American Strategy for Containing Chinese Influence in the Asia-Pacific, or Indo-Pacific?”
Claremont McKenna College
Dr. Litai Xue
”Emerging Chinese Security Strategy to Counter U.S. Containment”
Stanford University
Dr. Steve Hoadley
”The US-China Containment Narratives and How to Transcend Them”
University of Auckland
Responses of Regional Powers to US-China
PANEL THREE
Chair:
Dr. Gerald Chan, University of Auckland
Presenters:
Dr. Shine Choi
”Articulating Global South Interests in the Age of US-China Strategic Competition”
Massey University
Dr. Hilary Appel
”Is Putin Xi’s Partner? The Sino-Russian Rapprochement”
Claremont Mckenna College
Dr. Kiichi Fujiwara
”Embracing Trump? Japanese Response to US-China Competition”
University of Tokyo
Dr. Rouben Azizian
”Russia’s Response and Role in the US-China Strategic Competition: Beneficiary, Stirrer or Potential Facilitator?”
Massey University
Impact of U.S.-China Strategic Competition on Southeast Asia and South Pacific Countries
PANEL FOUR
Dr. Steve Hoadley, University of Auckland
Chair:
Presenters:
Mr. Tony Browne
”China-US Competition: Impact on NZ and NZ’s Relations with the Pacific”
Victoria University of Wellington
Dr. Brendan Taylor
”Still the Frightened Country: Australian Anxieties in a Contested Asia”
Australian National University
Dr. Steven Ratuva
”Implicit Cultural Prejudice in Geopolitics: Attitudes towards the Relationship between Pacific Island Countries and China”
University of Canterbury
Conclusion
Prof Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College
Prof Gerald Chan, University of Auckland