Academic Workshop | New Engagements: China, India and the South Pacific
Jointly organised by the New Zealand India Research Institute AND New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre
This workshop is by invitation only.
Date: Friday, 17 May
Venue: AM 103, Alan Macdiarmid Building, Kelburn Campus
As China and India respectively become the world’s largest and third-largest economies within a decade, how are they seeking influence and partnerships beyond their home regions in East and South Asia? What does the rise of China and India mean for the South Pacific? What is the prognosis for the regional order as China’s Belt and Road Initiative and India’s Act East policy extend to the South Pacific? What has been the reception of these Chinese and Indian initiatives in the Pacific, and what does it mean for Australia and New Zealand, the region’s traditional security, economic, and developmental partners?
In an attempt to answer these questions, the New Zealand India Research Institute and the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre will organize a one-day academic workshop on 17 May 2019 and bring together leading and upcoming academics and analysts from around the world. The discussions will be organized along three broad themes – (i) politics, diplomacy, and security, (ii) economics and development, and (iii) non-traditional security issues. The aim is to understand the intentions of Asia’s rising powers in the Pacific and the prospects for great power cooperation and competition in the region.
New Engagements: China, India, And The South Pacific (PDF)
Programme
9:15am REGISTRATION
9:30 – 10:00am MORNING TEA
10:00 – 10:20am INAUGURATION
Introduction – Dr Manjeet S. Pardesi
Acting Director, New Zealand India Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington
Welcome and Inauguration – Professor Jennifer Windsor
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, VUW
10:20am – 12:00pm SESSION ONE – POLITICS, DIPLOMACY, AND SECURITY
Chair: Associate Professor Kate McMillan
Head of Programme, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington
Speakers:
- Professor T. V. Paul, Professor & James McGill, Professor of International Relations, McGill University
- Dr Anna Powles, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University
- Dr Denghua Zhang, Department of Pacific Affairs, ANU
12:00 – 1:00pm LUNCH
1:00 – 2:00pm SESSION TWO – ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Associate Professor Ben Thirkell-White
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Speakers:
- Dr Rahul Sen, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Auckland University of Technology
- Ashalyna Noa, PhD Student, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
2:10 – 3:40pm SESSION THREE – NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
Chair: Emeritus Professor Roberto Rabel
Professorial Fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Speakers:
- Teesta Prakash, PhD student, Griffith University, Brisbane
- Dr Iati Iati, Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
- Associate Professor Jason Young, Director, New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington
3:40 – 4:00pm AFTERNOON TEA
4:00 – 4:45pm OPEN WRAP-UP SESSION
Discussion led by – Professor Jon Fraenkel, Victoria University of Wellington
New Engagements: China, India, And The South Pacific (Programme)