The CJSBC and Konwakai are jointly organizing and hosting the following luncheon speaker event on September 22 Thursday.

“Opportunities for Canada-Japan Relations at a Time of Escalating Tensions in the Indo-Pacific”

Moderator:  CJSBC President Don Campbell

Guest Speaker:  Professor Yves Tiberghien

(Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002; Harvard Academy Scholar 2006; Fulbright Scholar 1996) is a Professor of Political Science, Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research, and Director of the Center for Japanese Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada.Yves is Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta’s China Institute. He is also an International Steering Committee Member at Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) and a visiting professor at Tokyo University, The Taipei School of Economics, and Sciences Po Paris. His research focuses on the comparative political economy of East Asia and on global economic and environmental governance.

Yves’ latest book is: The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox. August 2021. University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108973533.  He is working on a new book titled Up for Grabs: Disruption, Competition, and the Remaking of the Global Order.