Cross-Strait Relations and East Asian Peace

A Forum associated with Shanghai Forum 2017

How can East Asia de-escalate tensions and build relations rooted in win–win cooperation? This program will address the prospect of peace and prosperity in East Asia with a particular focus on the dynamics of Cross-strait Relations (Taiwan issue). We are proud to invite leading experts to share their insights on this critical issue and discuss it from relational and comparative perspective.

Time: 5 May 2017, 13:30 -17:30
Venue: Asia House (Indiakaj 16, 2100 København)
Registration: Contact Ma Yi: ym@ifs.ku.dk before 12:00, the 3rd of May
Organisers: Fudan-European Center for China Studies and NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. 

Programme
 

13:30-14:30

Keynote Lecture - New Thinking For the Cross-Strait Relation

 

Liu Guoshen | Dean, Professor, Institute for Taiwan Studies, Xiamen University

 

Moderator - Chunrong Liu | Co-Director, Fudan-European Center for China Studies

 

Discussant - Clemens Stubbe Østergaard | Professor, NIAS Research Associate

14:30-14:45

Coffee Break

14:45-16:15

Panel Discussion – East Asian Peace in Relational and Comparative Perspective

 

Moderator: Geir Helgesen | Director, Nias

 

Xin Qiang | Director, National Center for Taiwan Studies, Fudan University

 

Stein Tønnesson | Research Director, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

 

Lars Vargo | Ambassador, Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Security and

 

Development Polity (ISDP), Stockholm

 

Pavel Baev | Senior Researcher, Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

 

Zaneta Ozolina | Professor, University of Latvia, Latvia

16:15- 16:45

Book Launch – Explaining East Asian Peace: A Research Story

 

Gerald Jackson | Editor-in-Chief, Nias Press

 

Stein Tønnesson | Professor, Research Director, PRIO, Norway

16:45-17:30

Reception