David Zweig (University of Hong Kong)
Triangularisation of East Asian politics.
Presentazione del libro “US-China Energy Triangles: Resource Diplomacy under Hegemony” (Routledge).
Giovedì 1 giugno 2017, ore 11-13, DiSCi, Via Zamboni 33, aula 2
Abstract
China’s rapid rise as a challenger to America’s “hegemonic” position has tremendous implications for the countries of East Asia. Unlike during the Cold War, when many states had to choose between the US and the USSR, today most countries in East Asia find themselves as the 3rd side of a triangle, with both China and the US as the other two poles. While only a few states have cuddled up to only one side, most try to maintain strong trade and investment ties with China and extensive security links with the U.S. Balancing these forces is not easy, especially when either of the major powers weighs in and tries to influence the 3rd country’s ties to the other major power.
This lecture uses this triangular framework to assess the ongoing dynamic in East Asia today for three countries: Australia, South Korea and the Philippines. While these three all have very extensive trade relations with China, they also have defense treaties with the US. Still, their response to the triangle varies and it is that variation that we try to explain.
Bio
David Zweig is Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, and Director, Center on China’s Transnational Relations (www.cctr.ust.hk), HKUST. He also teaches in the EMBA and MBA programs at the School of Business Management at HKUST. He is an Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, Hunan, and Vice-President of the Center on China’s Globalization (Beijing). In June 2012, he gave the former head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Li Yuanchao (the current Vice President), an evaluation of the CCP’s 1000 Talent Program.