The Impact of Globalization on Security Issues (in particular Energy) in East Asia

10/11/2008 - 15:30

10 November 2008
15.30 - 17.00 hrs

Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Prof. Kurt Radtke, Professor Emeritus, Waseda University, Japan and affiliated fellow at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands

Energy Programme Asia Lecture Series 2008: Domestic and Geopolitical Challenges to Energy Security for China and the European Union

This lecture series is organized in the context of a joint research programme between Energy Programme Asia - IIAS, and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.

Venue
International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Room D
Prins Hendrikkade 189-B
1011 TD Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Programme
15.30 - Introduction by dr Mehdi Amineh
15.40 - Lecture
16.30 - Discussion
17.00 - Drinks

Abstract
Strategies are hardly ever devised according to a straightforward blueprint. Analyzing China’s energy strategy requires a good understanding of the way the Communist Party deals with the complex relations among institutions involved in “energy”. Energy security links “energy” with China’s global political and military strategy which currently faces a wide range of challenges.

Information
Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl