Asia

Op-ed: Prof. Yves Tiberghien says “expect a very intense and volatile last week in the [Taiwan] campaign.”

Recent polls show the DPP as the leader in Tawan’s elections, but Professor Tiberghien explains that Taiwanese elections are often decided in the last few days leading to an election because of breaking information and news. Many are concerned about potential Chinese influence through social media.

Prof. Kai Ostwald edits special issue of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal

Professor Kai Ostwald and colleagues discuss the Canada-Southeast Asia relationship under Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy in a special issue of the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. The publication is the most comprehensive work on the Canada-SE Asia relationship in well over a decade.

PhD Alum Yana Gorokhovskaia Testifies before Congressional Executive Commission on China

PhD alum Yana Gorokhovskaia testified before the Congressional Executive Commission on China at a hearing highlighting the PRC’s use of transnational repression.

Watch: “What does Russia’s war on Ukraine teach us so far?” Prof. Volodymyr Dubovyk

In this cohosted event by our COMP-CAN and International Relations Colloquiums, Prof. Volodymyr Dubovyk addresses takeaways from the War in Ukraine, including what it means for military technology, international law and large-scale warfare

UBC Centre for Migration Studies, Profs Ellermann & Hopkins, part of $12M Bridging Divides research program

Profs. Antje Ellermann and Vince Hopkins are among seven UBC core researchers as part of the Bridging Divides research program, led by Toronto Metropolitan University. The Center for Migration Studies has been awarded $12.4 million in Canada First Research Excellence Funds as a partner on the program.

Watch: “When voting no is not enough: Legislative brawling and obstruction in Korea” Prof. Gyung-Ho Jeong

Professor Gyung-Ho Jeong argues that legislators with intense policy preferences engage in costly actions, such as brawling and obstruction, as a means of signaling their policy commitments.

Visiting Prof. Swaran Singh on India, China & US relations: “both sides agree on the need to begin a new chapter of confidence building”

“As [India and China] learnt to deal with their bilateral and historic problems,” visiting Prof. Singh notes, “they now need to learn ropes of engaging each other in their new avatars as major powers and especially in their interface in regional and global fora.”

UBC Political Science is looking to fill up to two Lecturer positions

The Department of Political Science is seeking to hire up to two full-time Lecturers, who will teach courses at the undergraduate level including Introduction to Politics, other lower-level survey courses, and courses in their field of specialization based on the teaching needs of the Department.

Watch: Prof. Kathryn Stoner delivers this year’s Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Lecture

Mark Zacher Distinguished Speaker Prof. Kathryn Stoner presented a lecture titled, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: What You Should Know and Why You Should (Still) Care,” discussing why Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, what he wants, what damage he has inflicted on Ukraine, and how this impacts Russia’s economic and political evolution.

Prof. Yves Tiberghien shares thoughts on new Japanese government initiative that pays families to move out of Tokyo

Discussing the need for such an initiative to begin with, Prof. Tiberghien says that “in part it was young people moving to better paying jobs than farming in the city,” contributing to both overpopulation in urban areas and dwindling cities in rural zones.