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Conference “Southeast Asian and South Pacific Countries between Beijing and Washington”

Conference “Southeast Asian and South Pacific Countries between Beijing and Washington”

17.05.2021

On May 17 a scientific conference “Southeast Asian and South Pacific Countries between Beijing and Washington” was held at the Institute of Oriental Studies, the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, ASEAN Centre Acting Director participated in the event.

The conference was dedicated to various aspects of cooperation between China and the US globally and within the region; the reaction and fears of Southeast Asian and South Pacific countries and their strategies to navigate Sino-American tensions.

Researchers from the main Russian scientific and educational institutions specializing in Southeast Asian Studies, such as the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences), Institute of Asian and African Studies (Moscow State University), Russian People’s Friendship University, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO, Russian Academy of Sciences), etc, made their presentations at the event.

Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova covered the topic “The Contemporary Foreign Research in US and China Policies in Southeast Asia”. She focused on the analysis of the main foreign research publications dealing with the US and China policies in the region, Sino-American tensions in Southeast Asia and the main spheres and forms of US-China competition in Southeast Asia.