Regional Order in Asia
DATE: September 7-8, 2012
PLACE: 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor
DESCRIPTION
The seas of East and Southeast Asia have become a flashpoint in international relations among Asian nations. With China's growing political influence, its claims to territory, resources, and access have generated not only varying degrees of resistance and conflict, but a renegotiating of relations across the region and internationally. Most recently, the South China Sea has emerged as the site of contested space. With participants from the fields of international relations, political science, history, and law, this conference explores the historical background of the South China Sea crisis; the legal issues involved, including interpreting the Law of the Sea in the current context; the South China Sea not only as a source of energy and food but in terms of strategic significance; the further complications posed by the uneasy thaw in relations between China and Taiwan; the play not only of government action but of public response; and finally what the current maneuvering signals for the future of Asia.
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
9:00–10:00 am: Coffee, Refreshments
10:00–10:15: OPENING REMARKS
Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley
10:15–12:30: SESSION I: CONTEXTUALIZING LECTURES — AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA CRISIS
Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
10:15–11:00
Untying the Gordian Knot: Complexity, Diplomacy, and the Imbroglio in the South China Sea
Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University
11:00–11:45
Struggle without Breaking: Behind the Rising East Asian Maritime Tension
Chong-Pin Lin, Graduate Institute of Strategic Studies, Taiwan National Defense University
Roundtable and Open Discussion
Wen-hsin Yeh — UC Berkeley (Moderator)
Lowell Dittmer, UC Berkeley Penny Edwards, UC Berkeley Donald K. Emmerson, Stanford University Chong-Pin Lin, Graduate Institute of Strategic Studies, Taiwan National Defense University
12:30–1:15: Lunch
Break1:15–2:30: SESSION II — INTERNATIONAL LAW, LAW OF THE SEA, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES
Richard Buxbaum, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
1:15–1:45
The Impact of the Law of the Sea Convention on the Development of Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea
Yann-Huei Song, Academia Sinica
1:45–2:30
Roundtable and Open Discussion — Richard Buxbaum, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
Harry Scheiber, UC Berkeley
Alex Wang, UC Berkeley
Yann-Huei Song, Academia Sinica
2:30–2:45: Break
2:45–5:45: SESSION III — NEGOTIATING SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY: NORTHEAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES
TJ Pempel, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
2:45–3:30
The Evolution of PRC’s South China Sea Policy
Dingli Shen, Fudan University
3:30–4:00
A Hidden Explosive in the South China Sea
Xue Litai, Stanford University
4:00–4:15: Break
4:15–4:45
Transnational Public Sphere? Historical Contentions and Dialogues in Northeast Asia
Jae-Jung Suh, Johns Hopkins University
4:45–5:15
Shifting Strategic Balance: The Rise of Chinese Influence in the South China Sea
Alexander Huang, Tamkang University
5:15–6:15
Roundtable and Open Discussion — TJ Pempel, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
Lowell Dittmer, UC Berkeley
Alexander Huang, Tamkang University
Su Lin Lewis, UC Berkeley
Dingli Shen, Fudan University
Jae-Jung Suh, Johns Hopkins University
Xue Litai, Stanford University
6:15: Adjourn
6:30: Reception and Dinner — Women’s Faculty Club
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2012
9:30–10:00: Coffee Service
10:00–12:15: SESSION IV — SUSTENANCE AND THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Micah Muscolino, Georgetown University (Moderator)
10:00–10:30
Rhetoric versus Reality: China's Commercial Capacity to Exploit Hydrocarbons and Fish in the South China Sea
Ben Purser, University of Colorado
10:30–11:00
The Zheng Family and Chinese State-building in the South China Sea
Xing Hang, Brandeis University
11:00–11:30
International Energy Conflict in the South China Sea: The First Phase, 1975–1980
Micah Muscolino, Georgetown University
11:30–12:15
Roundtable and Open Discussion — Micah Muscolino, Georgetown University (Moderator)
Xing Hang, Brandeis University
Ben Purser, University of Colorado
David Rosenberg, Middlebury College
Yann-Huei Song, Academia Sinica
12:15–1:20: LUNCH WITH GRADUATE STUDENT PRESENTATIONS (THIRD FLOOR, 2223 FULTON)
12:15–12:30: Break, retrieve lunch on 3rd floor
12:30–12:50:
Crossing imperial and national boundaries: political and business networks of Taiwanese overseas in China, 1895–1945
Peiting Li, UC Berkeley
12:50–1:10
Allegiances and Patronage across the Late Nineteenth-Century Guangxi-Tonkin Border
Linh Vu, UC Berkeley
1:10–1:20: Q&A
1:20–1:30: Break, return to 6th floor
1:30–3:00: SESSION V — POWER ALIGNMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Wen-hsin Yeh (Moderator)
1:30–2:00
The Sino-Vietnamese Approach to Managing Border Disputes and the South China Sea Situation
(read in absentia by Joshua Hill, UC Berkeley)
Ramses Amer, Stockholm University
2:00–2:30
Problems and Prospects for Joint Resource Management in the South China Sea
David Rosenberg, Middlebury College
2:30–3:30
Roundtable and Open Discussion — Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
Lowell Dittmer, UC Berkeley
Chong-Pin Lin, Graduate Institute of Strategic Studies, Taiwan National Defense University
TJ Pempel, UC Berkeley
David Rosenberg, Middlebury College
Dingli Shen, Fudan University
3:30–4:30: Concluding Discussion and Comments — Wen-hsin Yeh, UC Berkeley (Moderator)
4:30: Adjourn
5:00: Dinner — Venezia Restaurant
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