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Kun-Chin Lin and Andrés Villar Gertner on Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea

18 November 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers, and Dr Andrés Villar Gertner, post-doctoral research associate, have published an article in The Diplomat on Gunboat Diplomacy in the South China Sea . Please find the full text below: Two events in recent days have turned the tables on Chinese initiatives since...

New blog post by Kun-Chin Lin on the Foreign Policy Implications in the UK’s Economic Pivot to China

13 November 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers, has published a blog post at the University of Nottingham's China Policy Institute on the Foreign Policy Implications in the UK’s Economic Pivot to China. Below is the text in full: President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the UK, much feted for ushering a “golden era...

CQS Panel Discussion on Geopolitical fault lines

13 November 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers, took part in a panel discussion on geopolitical faultlines, organized by CQS Capital on the 11th of November 2015. Other speakers at the event included Tina Fordham (Managing Director and Chief Global Political Analyst, Citi Research), Konstantin von Eggert (...

Celso Amorim speaks at CRP on Brazilian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century

10 November 2015

The former Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations and Defence, Celso Amorim, visited the Centre for Rising Powers on Thursday 5 November to give a public lecture on Brazilian Foreign Policy in the 21st Century Having led some of Brazil’s most defining moments on the international stage in the last two decades, Minister...

Interdisciplinary Workshop: Caius at Sea

22 September 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers (CRP), will present on 'State Formation and Territorial Claims: Evolving Frames on Chinese Maritime Disputes' at the interdisciplinary workshop 'Caius at Sea' at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. The event is open to all members of the University of Cambridge...

4th MIMA South China Sea Conference 2015

22 September 2015

The 4th MIMA South China Sea Conference, co-sponsored by the Cambridge Centre for Rising Powers (CRP), took place at the InterContinental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur from 8-9 September 2015. The conference featured presentations on emerging issues on the South China Sea by leading experts from around the world. CRP was...

Jong Kun Choi (Yonsei University) assesses the prospects of a liberal transition in Northeast Asia

18 August 2015

Professor Jong Kun Choi of Yonsei University (South Korea) has published a new article in the Review of International Studies on the prospects of a liberal transition in Northeast Asia. Abstract Is the relatively long peace of Northeast Asia a result of crisis stability or general stability? The article introduces two...

CRP affiliates publish Chatham House Report on Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific

31 July 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers (CRP), and Dr Andrés Villar Gertner, Research Associate at CRP, have published a new report on Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific with a focus on China and the Emerging Order in the East and South China Seas. It argues that while Asian regionalism has...

CRP and CISL welcome senior delegation from the Guangdong Provincial Government

19 June 2015

The Centre for Rising Powers is collaborating with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) to provide a 23-day study tour senior officials from the Guangdong Provincial Government. It is designed to equip these leaders with insight into the concept and operationalisation of sustainable development in...

Kun-Chin Lin chairs session on Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific at Chatham House

10 February 2015

Dr Kun-Chin Lin, Director of the Centre for Rising Powers, attended the conference on “Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific” at Chatham House on 12 February 2015 . Dr Lin chaired the morning session on “Traditional and Non-traditional Maritime Security Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Traditional Challenges”. Participants...