Replay - Strategic Autonomy and Asia amid Rising Geoeconomic Competition
Amid growing strategic and geopolitical uncertainty, Europe is grappling with the notion of its strategic autonomy. For Europe’s partners in Asia, the concept is also becoming increasingly salient as the world enters an era of structural transformation.
Shifting balances of power and the deepening US-China rivalry, notably with profound uncertainty about Washington’s long-term commitment to allies in both economic and security terms, as well as the increasing use of economic coercion on the part of partners and adversaries alike are pressing Asian countries to consider how best to secure their future. This conference seeks to better understand how the concept of strategic autonomy is understood and being operationalized in different ways by key Asian partners, and to further explore how an upending of the international trade architecture and growing supply chain insecurity are fueling this broader conceptual debate.
Ifri's Center for Asian Studies - Annual Conference 2025
Programme:
09:30-09:45 | Opening Remarks
- Marc Hecker, Executive Director, Ifri
- Clémentine Pei-Chih Hao, Representative, Taipei Representative Office in France
09:45-10:15 | How Can European and Asian Partners Think Together About Strategic Autonomy?
Pierre Vimont, Ambassadeur de France, former Secretary General, European External Action Service
10:15-12:00 | Asian Visions of Strategic Autonomy Amid Global Shifts
- Nirupama Rao, former Foreign Secretary of India
- Hyun-Wook Kim, President, Sejong Institute
- Chikako Ueki, Professor of International Relations, Waseda Univerity
- Anne Hsiu-An Hsiao, Professor and Associate Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University
- Chaired by Marc Julienne, Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
12:00-13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30-15:00 | Confronting Supply Chain Insecurity: Critical Minerals, Semiconductors, and Economic Coercion
- June Park, Visiting Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs, nonresident Fellow, National Bureau of Asian Research
- Han-wei Liu, Associate Professor, Deputy Director, Centre for Digital Law, Singapore Management University
- John Seaman, Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
- Chaired by Mathilde Velliet, Research Fellow, Center for the Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri
15:00-15:15 | Coffee Break
15:15-17:00 | Asia and the Future for the Global Trade Order
- Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy, Hinrich Foundation
- Mireya Solis, Director, Center for Asia Policy Analysis, Brookings Institution
- Joanna Szychowska, Director of Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property, DG Trade and Economic Security, European Commission
- Chaired by Françoise Nicolas, Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
Replay
Opening Remarks by Marc Hecker and Clémentine Pei Chih Hao
Pierre Vimont - How Can European and Asian Partners Think Together About Strategic Autonomy?
Asian Visions of Strategic Autonomy Amid Global Shifts
Confronting Supply Chain Insecurity: Critical Minerals, Semiconductors, and Economic Coercion
Asia and the Future for the Global Trade Order
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Authors
Françoise NICOLAS
Senior Advisor, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
Mathilde VELLIET
Research Fellow, Center for Geopolitics of Technology, Ifri
John SEAMAN
Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
Marc JULIENNE
Director, Center for Asian Studies, Ifri
Marc HECKER
Executive Director of Ifri, Editor-in-Chief of Politique étrangère, and Research Fellow at the Security Studies Center, Ifri
