CWP alum Cheng-Chwee Kuik discussing 'Understanding China - Strategic Outlook in Asia'

Continuing our dialogue on "Understanding China", this year we talked about the perceptions of China from the region and the strategic outlook in Asia ahead of US presidential election with Prof. Kuik Cheng-Chwee and Veerle Nouwens. 04:21 Why is it so difficult for multilateral organizations for security cooperation or even multilateral alliances to evolve in Asia? What roles do great powers including China play in this context? 18:47 Recently, there has been a shift away from the traditional hub and spokes system centered on the US for military protection towards networking between spokes-partners. Do you expect this trend to continue? 30:49 Is it realistic for small and middle powers in Asia to achieve a balanced cooperation with the US and China simultaneously? 35:51 How do geoeconomics or economic security, technological developments and international supply chains such as for the semi-conductor industry influence the strategic dynamics in Asia? 39:51 How do you assess the perspectives for multilateralism, minilateralism and stability in Asia's security environment? 43:58 How will the result of the US elections impact the strategic outlook in Asia? #KAS #KAS4Security #UnderstandingChina #Multilateralism #Indopacific #Security #StrategicOutlook #ASEAN #USElection #InternationalCommunity

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Dr. Kuik Cheng-Chwee is Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), National University of Malaysia (UKM). He is concurrently a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) and a Nonresident Scholar at Carnegie China. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Princeton-Harvard “China and the World” (CWP) Program and a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University. Professor Kuik’s research focuses on smaller-state foreign and defence policies, Asian security, and international relations. Cheng-Chwee is a regular invited speaker to international conferences and closed-door policy roundtables. Cheng-Chwee’s publications have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as International Affairs, Pacific Review, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Journal of Contemporary China, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, and Contemporary Southeast Asia. His essay, “The Essence of Hedging”, won the Michael Leifer Memorial Prize awarded by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. He is co-author (with David Lampton and Selina Ho) of Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia (2020) and co-editor (with Alice Ba and Sueo Sudo) of Institutionalizing East Asia (2016). His current projects include: hedging in international relations, domestic politics and foreign policy choices, and the geopolitics of connectivity cooperation. Cheng-Chwee serves on the editorial boards of Contemporary Southeast Asia, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Asian Politics and Policy, International Journal of Asian Studies, and East Asian Policy. He holds an M.Litt. from the University of St. Andrews, and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. 

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