Book Talk - Security, Strategy, and Military Dynamics in the South China Sea: Cross-National Perspectives
Date: September 28, 2021
Time: 08:00am -09:45am MDT
Please join us for a conversation on a new book on the South China Sea, bringing
together international experts who provide fresh perspectives on geopolitical
concerns in the great region.
This comprehensive volume brings together the expertise and knowledge of more
than a dozen academics and professionals, all of whom are leading experts in their
respective areas. Engaging with individual states and core themes, this book
collectively presents a robust and comprehensive outlook on the current geography
of security and potential conflict in the South China Sea.
This book talk will be joined by the three editors and a select group of chapter
authors to share their respective observations on the development of conflict and
security/military dynamics in the South China Sea.
Introduction
Jia Wang
Interim Director, China Institute, University of Alberta
Moderator
Gordon Houlden
Director Emeritus, China Institute, University of Alberta
Speakers
Nong Hong, Executive Director, Institute for China-America Studies; Senior Research Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Nong Hong heads the Institute for China-America Studies (ICAS), an independent, non-profit academic institution launched by the Hainan Nanhai Research Foundation. She also holds a joint position of research fellow with China Institute, University of Alberta (CIUA), National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS), and the China Center for Collaborated Studies on the South China Sea, Nanjing University (CCSCS).
Nong received her PhD of interdisciplinary study of international law and international relations from the University of Alberta, Canada and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship in the University's China Institute. She was ITLOS-Nippon Fellow for International Dispute Settlement (2008-2009), and Visiting Fellow at the Center of Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia (2009) and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (2007).
Scott N. Romaniuk, Postdoctoral Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta; Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales
Scott N Romaniuk received his PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento. He holds an MRes in Political Research, an MA in Terrorism, Crime and Global Security, and an MA in Military Studies (Joint Warfare). His teaching and research interests span a range of critical research in the areas of international relations, military and strategic studies, critical security studies, terrorism and political violence, and research methods. His current research explores global (cyber-)security policies and strategies (offensive and defensive cyber operations), including the use of artificial intelligence, (lethal) autonomous weapons systems, and automated security functions and applications. He also explores the rise of (digital) security architectures in Asia, robotic systems within international security and technology and the future of warfare. Dr Romaniuk is also a Visiting Fellow at the International Centre for Policing and Security (ICPS) at the University of South Wales and an associate member of the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) Ethics Community at the University of Zurich (UZH) considering the normative dimensions of digitization.
Stein Tønnesson, Researcher Professor, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Stein Tønnesson is a Norwegian peace researcher and historian. His doctoral thesis, defended at the University of Oslo in 1991, was on the international history of the Vietnamese Revolution in 1945. His main areas of research are Vietnam, nation building in Southeast Asia, and the disputes in the South China Sea. In the years 2011–16 he led a research programme at the University of Uppsala on “East Asia peace” since 1979. He is a frequent commentator in Norwegian and international media on issues of peace and conflict and writes regularly for the Norwegian weekly Morgenbladet . He has also worked on energy security and has served as a consultant to several Norwegian companies. Since 2007, he has served on the board of Norfund, a state-owned development finance institution.
Rommel C. Banlaoi, President of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies
Rommel C. Banlaoi is President of the Philippine Association for Chinese Studies, a member of the Management Board of the World Association for Chinese and a member of the Board of Directors of China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea. He is Professorial Lecturer at the Department of International Studies at Miriam College, the Philippines and Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research (PIPVTR). He obtained his PhD in International Relations at
Jinan University, China.
John Callahan, Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, New England College, USA
John Callahan is Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies, New England College, USA. He is also Director for Combined Online Military Programs in International Relations, Homeland Security, and Public Policy for New England College. He received a PhD in International Studies from Old Dominion University in 2015. His research focus is on foreign policy decision making, framing, and strategic communication. He is a Co-Convenor for the Political Science Association of the UK German Studies Group, focusing on the rise of populism in Europe. Callahan served as deputy spokesman at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and was honoured to be selected by the Department of Defense and the Department of State to serve as a public affairs officer at the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Ambassador Club since 2018.
Yang Li, Assistant President of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, China
Li Yang is Assistant President of the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS). He is also Director of the NISCS Research Center for Maritime Economy. He graduated from the Law School of Wuhan University and got his masters law in 1996. He then became a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, working in the Department of Treaties and Law and the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs successively. Most of his jobs in the Ministry were focused on issues relating to the law of the sea as well as to the territorial and maritime jurisdiction disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. His overseas posts include Counsellor of China’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations. He joined the NISCS in 2017.
Sourabh Gupta, Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies
Sourabh Gupta is a senior Asia-Pacific international relations policy specialist with 15 years of Washington, DC-based experience in a think tank and political risk research and advisory capacity, and is Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for China-America Studies. His areas of specialization include: analysis of key major power relationships in the Asia-Pacific region (China–USA, China–Japan, China–India, USA–Japan, USA–India, Japan–India relations); political, security, and economic risk evaluation of key states in the Asia-Pacific region; territorial disputes and maritime law-related developments in the Asia-Pacific region; analysis of developments in Asian economic regionalism; and World Trade Organization and Asia-Pacific related trade policy, politics, and negotiations. He is a member of the United States Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific and was a 2012 East Asia Forum Distinguished Fellow.
Yann-huei Song, Board Member, Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law, Taipei
Yann-huei Song is a board member of Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law. He was research fellow in the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei. He is also Global Fellow of the Peace Research Institute Oslo. Song received his masters in political science from Indiana State University and PhD in international relations from Kent State University, Ohio. He has broad academic interests covering ocean law and policy studies, international fisheries law, international environmental law, maritime security, and maritime disputes in the East and South China Seas. One of his most recent publications appears in the International Journal of Ocean Development and International Law, titled “The July 2016 Arbitral Award, Interpretation of Article 121(3) of the UNCLOS, and Selecting Examples of Inconsistent State Practices,” (2018). Song is a member of the editorial boards of Ocean Development, International Law, and Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs .
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