The Taiwan Studies Programme within the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies is launching on 28 November.

Co-organisers and Partners

Education Division, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford
Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s College
Oxford University Taiwanese Student Society

Conference Schedule

11.30 – 12.00 Welcome and Introduction

Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh, Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.

We are delighted to invite you to our sixth event of Michaelmas 2022, which will take place on Tuesday, November 15, in the Old Library at All Souls College at 8:30pm. As always, there will be a wine reception prior to the event, starting at 8pm. The speaker will be former Senior Editor of the Economist Edward Lucas, who will be speaking to us on ‘The New Cold War: Winners and Losers’.
 

Martin Wolf and Sarah O'Connor's articles in the Financial Times have helped many people understand the pressing political and economic issues that have affected us. Now, in an age of economic instability, policial polarization and war, how should we understand and process this new global landscape? Are we entering into an age of sustained recession? Where is the UK heading in the time of Sunak? Can we build an inclusive and multicultural society with a balance of accountability and technology?

This seminar will discuss the intensifying convergence of cyberspace and geopolitics on the backdrop of a resurgent Russia and an increasingly assertive China. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked renewed debate about the limits and possibilities of cyber capabilities in war. China's rise heralds new challenges of cybersecurity in economic and democratic contexts. How will geopolitically motivated cyber threats evolve and how can democratic nations address them?