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Chatham House Resources Workshop in Hong Kong

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The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, held a workshop on Resources, Sovereignty and Geopolitics in Hong Kong from 26-27 May 2016. This was organized in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. The meeting discussed case studies in management of resource conflicts and the need for regional cooperative approaches as well as in some cases an intraregional resource policy. Dr. Baviera presented the South China Sea disputes case study. The summary report of the conference is available online.

Public Lecture on Domestic Stakeholders in Philippine Maritime Disputes: Impact and Influence on Foreign Policy

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APPFI President Aileen S.P. Baviera held a Public Lecture on  “Domestic Stakeholders in Philippine Maritime Disputes:  Impact and Influence on Foreign Policy” as a part of the UP President Edgardo J. Angara (PEJA) Lecture Series organized by UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS) and UP Asian Center. The lecture was held last June 3, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. 

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South China Sea Conflict discussed at Yale University

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Last May 6, Prof Baviera delivered a presentation at Yale University during a conference on the theme Conflict in the South China Sea. The conference was organized by the Council on Southeast Asian Studies, Yale University in partnership with the Council on East Asian Studies, The Macmillan Center, Yale University; and the Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE), New York. Prof Baviera’s presentation was titled “Geopolitical Quandaries in the South China Sea: Implications for the Philippines, China and the US”. 

Baviera visits Singapore for seminars on regional security cooperation and competition

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A seminar on Southeast Asian Perspectives on U.S.-China Competition was held at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore, April 3-5, 2016. Organized by the Lowy Institute of Australia and the US Council for Foreign Relations, the meeting discussed the future of regional trade and investment architecture, regional maritime issues, transnational security issues, and the future of ASEAN, zeroing in on the cooperation-competition dynamic in US-China relations and how ASEAN and its member states were responding to this.