EAIR Forum
East Asia and International Relations (EAIR) Forum
About the Forum
The Forum aims to provide a platform for Malaysian academics, researchers, and practitioners to interact with world-renowned scholars and experts in International Relations and East Asian Studies on contemporary research and policy issues affecting Malaysia’s security and wellbeing as a sovereign nation.
To enable as open a debate as possible, the discussion will be held under the Chatham House Rule. Future speakers will include scholars from ANU, Kanazawa University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Delaware, Oxford University, and Johns Hopkins University.
Forums held:
“East Asia and the United States: A View from Washington” by Dr. Satu Limaye, Director of the East-West Centre in Washington, D.C.
Date and time: 25 August 2014, Monday, 10:00 – 11:45 am
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
“The South China Sea as a Complex Maritime Security Domain” by Professor Aileen Baviera, University of the Philippines.
Date and time: 31 October 2014, Friday, 10:00 – 11:45 am
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
“India’s Unavoidable Entanglements in East Asia” by Professor Dr. Ian Hall, The Australian National University (Currently Professor at Griffith University).
Date and time: 9 December 2014, Tuesday, 10:00 – 11:45 am
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
“ASEAN’s Leadership in East Asia Community Building” by Associate Professor Dr. Hiro Katsumata, Kanazawa University.
Date and time: 5 January 2015, Monday, 2:00 – 3:45 pm
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
“Dilemmas in Getting China Right: Canadian Policy and the Evaporating Middle Power Role” by Professor Paul Evans, University of British Columbia.
Date and time: 5 February 2015, Thursday, 2:00 – 3:45 pm
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
UKM-IDFR EAIR Forum
“East Asian Transitions and Its Institutional Dimensions: The United States, China, and ASEAN” by Professor Alice D. Ba, University of Delaware.
Date and time: 8 June 2015, Monday, 10:00 – 11:45 am
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
UKM-MPAT EAIR Forum
“Can Asia Challenge Chinese Dominance and Avoid Europe’s Past?” by Professor Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington, D.C. & Ocford university.
Date and time: 12 August 2015, Wednesday, 02:30 – 04:30 pm
Venue: Senate Room, Cancellory Building, UKM
UKM-IDFR EAIR Forum
“Myanmar’s Foreign Policy under President U Thein Sein: Non-Aligned Once More?” by Professor Jürgen Haacke, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Date and time: 13 August 2015, Thursday, 02:00 – 04:00 pm
Venue: Bilik Mesyuarat, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), UKM
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