Provisionally Accepted Open Panels in RC18 Asian and Pacific Studies
- China and Latin America: Engagement and constraints in an Uncertain Order
Chair: Dr. Marsílea Gombata - 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











