CCS SPRING 2026 PANEL DISCUSSION/INTERREGIONAL - CHINA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
- Starting Time 活動開始時間
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC
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February 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM HST
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- Participants 嘉賓
Panelists:
Carolyn Gruber is a Fellow and Deputy Director of the Environmental Security Program at the Stimson Center. Before joining, Carolyn was a foreign affairs specialist for the US Departments of State and Commerce, focusing on international fisheries conservation and management. While with the federal government, Carolyn honed her expertise on a wide range of marine policy issues, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and the impacts of climate change on coastal and marine ecosystems. Carolyn holds BA degrees in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of Richmond and a Master of Environmental Management degree from Duke University.
Jessica Liao is an Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the US Army War College. Her expertise focuses on the international relations of East Asia, with research interests in China’s economic statecraft, China–Southeast Asia relations, and the impact of China's rise on global governance. Before joining the War College, she was an associate professor of political science at North Carolina State University. She also served as the 2020-2021 Wilson China Fellow. In 2022, she served as an economic development specialist at the US Embassy in Beijing, where she focused on China’s engagement with Belt and Road Initiative countries.
Ardhitya Eduard Yeremia is an assistant professor in the Department of International Relations at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia. He also serves as a research fellow at the university’s Asia Research Center. He earned his PhD from the School of International Relations and the Research School of Southeast Asian Studies at Xiamen University. His research focuses on the various dimensions and levels of China's rising influence, with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia. His work has been published in The Pacific Review, International Journal of China Studies, International Journal of Asian Studies, and other academic journals.
Moderator: Petrice Flowers, Professor and Director for the Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa
- Organizers 主協辦機構
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Center for Chinese Studies
Director, Ming-Bao Yue
Associate Director, Ni Zhang
Academic Support Specialist, Adriana Choi
- Mode 活動形式
- Online
- Venue 地點
- Zoom
- Languages 語言
- English
- Description 詳情
Chinese resource extraction in Southeast Asia, an integral component of its broader Belt and Road (BRI)
Strategy, is driven by the need to secure access to raw materials from oil, gas, and minerals (including
rare earths) to rubber, coal, and palm oil. Such activities, which have intensified in recent decades, not
only embroil local government elites in transnational economic networks but also exact profound
environmental and social impacts on the places where they take place. These resource extraction and
associated infrastructure projects have destroyed forests, contaminated groundwater, and reduced
biodiversity across Southeast Asia. Our webinar offers local perspectives on Chinese extractive industries
in Southeast Asia, drawing from both academic and policy fields.- Registration & Video Recording 登記與錄影
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