Schedule

Registration Begins

Welcome Remarks

Constructive and Coercive Approaches to Economic Statecraft: Japan, China, Europe, and the United States

• Francesca Ghiretti, Director, RAND Europe China Initiative and Research Leader, RAND Europe

• Akira Igata, Project Lecturer and Lead, Economic Security Intelligence Lab, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

• Abraham Newman, Professor and John Powers Chair in International Business Diplomacy and Director, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University  

• William Norris, Associate Professor of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy, Texas A&M University  

• Moderator: Kristi Govella, Associate Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford

Coffee Break

Defensive Economic Security? Resilience Initiatives, Export Controls, and Anti-Coercion Measures

• Douglas Fuller, Associate Professor, Department of International Economics, Government, and Business, Copenhagen Business School  

• Tobias Gehrke, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations  

• Minako Morita-Jaeger, Senior Research Fellow in International Trade, University of Sussex Business School  

• Shino Watanabe, Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University  

• Moderator: Claas Mertens, Research Fellow, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford 

Lunch for Registered Participants

Economic Security as Technology, Innovation, and Industrial Policy 

• Aya Adachi, Associate Fellow, Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology, German Council on Foreign Relations  

• Raluca Csernatoni, Professor of European Security and Diplomacy, Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy and Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel  

• Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Reader in Political Economy and Entrepreneurship and Vice Dean of Global Engagement, King’s College London  

• Martijn Rasser, Vice President, Tech Leadership, Special Competitive Studies Project  

• Moderator: Hugh Whittaker, Professor in the Economy and Business of Japan, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford 

Coffee Break

The Role of the Private Sector in Economic Security and Economic Statecraft 

• Mariko Togashi, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics  

• Anna Vlasiuk Nibe, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark  

• Jiakun Jack Zhang, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Trade War Lab, University of Kansas  

• Moderator: Yeling Tan, Professor of Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford 

Break

Cooperation in a World of Economic Nationalism

• Michael Beeman, Lecturer, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego 

• Creon Butler, Director, Global Economy and Finance Programme, Chatham House  

• Victor Cha, Distinguished University Professor and D.S. Song-KF Endowed Chair in Government and International Affairs, Georgetown University  

• Keisuke Iida, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo  

• Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Senior Fellow, Elcano Royal Institute and Professor of Practice, IE School of Global and Public Affairs  

• Moderator: Kristi Govella, Associate Professor of Japanese Politics and International Relations, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford 

Public Reception