Track Code
RC18
Track Chairs
Dr. Angelin Chang
Prof. Alexandre Coelho
Advances the development of Asian and Pacific studies and promotion of the study of political science in Asian and Pacific countries. The work of this committee focuses on the following areas: the modernisation of Asian countries, including the economic and political development of the countries in the Asian and Pacific basin; regional security, including the rise and decline of alliance systems in Asia; and the impact of national integration and world peace.
Open Panels
- China and Southeast Asia: Political Relations, Economic Interdependence, and Regional Agency
Chair: Prof. Jiun-Da Lin - China’s Footprint in an Unstructured World Order: Adaptations, Challenges, and Strategic Responses
Chair: Dr. Zoltán Vörös - Democratic Uncertainty from Asia
Chair: Dr. Jan Robert Go - Geopolitics and Geoeconomics in East Asia: China, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea
Chair: Prof. Alexandre Coelho - Indigenous Myths as Tools for Decolonising International Relations/Studies in the Asia-Pacific
Chair: Dr. Michael Magcamit - Japan’s Defense Transformation and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Indo-Pacific
Chair: Dr. Angelin Chang - Pakistan as a Connectivity Hub: CPEC, Regional Integration, and Great Power Competition
Chair: Ms. Mubashra Shaheen Gondal - Researching Everyday Peace in the Asia-Pacific amid a Rupturing Liberal International Order
Chair: Dr. Michael Magcamit - Rethinking the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Security, and Regional Order
Chair: Dr. Amar Kumar - South Korea's Political Evolution: From Authoritarian Rule to a Pivotal Democratic State
Chair: Prof. Grażyna Strnad - The Quad and the Future of Indo-Pacific Regional Order
Chair: Dr. TheanBee Soon - U.S.-China Technology Competition and the Political Economy of Strategic Innovation
Chair: Dr. Bhawna Pokharna
