Law Lecture Theatre 1, Grosvenor Crescent, Sandy Bay Campus
Summary:How will the US and China interact in coming decades, and how will regional players like Australia respond?
Presenter(s):
- Bilahari Kausikan, National University of Singapore
This event has been cancelled due to the unavailability of the speaker. The University of Tasmania apologises for any inconvenience.
Bilahari Kausikan is currently Chairman of the Middle East Institute, an autonomous institute of the National University of Singapore.
He spent his entire career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before retiring as Ambassador-at-Large in 2018. During his 37 years in the Ministry, he served in a variety of appointments at home and abroad, including as the Second Permanent Secretary and Permanent Secretary. He was educated at Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.
This presentation will look at some broad geopolitical trends in the Indo-Pacific with a view to glimpsing what the region may look like in 2030. This is not an exercise in prediction but of extrapolation from known variables.
Specifically, it will examine key aspects of US policy and Chinese policy and US - China relations, as well as regional responses to them: ASEAN, Japan, India, Australia and Korea. Drawing on these responses, it will attempt to sketch the likely regional architecture.
Refreshments from 5.30pm.
