CSIS-GRIPS-RSIS webinar will be held under the cooperation of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia, and the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

This time RSIS Singapore will host a webinar and invite Dr. Pradumna Bickram Rana, Visiting Associate Professor, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, RSIS Singapore to make a presentation under the title of “The Pandemic and De-globalisation: Is Globalisation Dead?”.

※For more information, please refer to the following website of RSIS Singapore, the host of the webinar:

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/event/csis-grips-rsis-webinar-by-visiting-associate-professor-pradumna-bickram-rana-coordinator-of-the-master-of-science-in-international-political-economy-programme-centre-for-multilateralism-studies-rs/#.YGWMDEBuKUk

Please join us and watch the webinar.

○Date and Time: Wednesday, 7 April 2021 at 16:00-17:30, Japan time

○Format of the Webinar: Zoom webinar (For free)

○Language: English (Simultaneous interpretation to Japanese is available)

○Theme: “The Pandemic and De-globalisation: Is Globalisation Dead?”

Abstract:

While some prominent commentators have concluded that globalisation is “dead”, the data on the state of globalisation presents a mixed picture. This is partly because globalisation comprises many different dimensions that could move in different directions: cross-border flows of trade, investment, finance, data, ideas, technology, and people including workers and tourists. This presentation uses the global trade openness index – defined as the sum of world exports plus imports divided by world GDP – a reasonable and commonly-used proxy for economic integration, to assess trends in globalisation. The webinar will examine different phases of globalisation and de-globalisation in the modern period and examine how recent factors (including COVID-19) have led to a new wave of de-globalisation since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. Finally, the webinar will discuss whether recent trends spell the end of globalisation, or just a partial reversal that might be resolved with time.

○Registration:

Please register your name, email address, organization and job title at the following URL.

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bzz1uf-FQVmgxK39VLnWxA

RSIS will inform you of the access URL for the webinar at your registered email address.

Please note that the schedule time on the registration form/invitation email shows Singapore time.

○Program:

1) Opening Remarks

Ambassador Ong Keng Yong

Executive Deputy Chairman, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS)

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/profile/ong-keng-yong/

2) Presentation (speaker)

Dr Pradumna Bickram Rana

Visiting Associate Professor, Centre for Multilateralism Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/profile/pradumna-bickram-rana/

3) Comment (discussant)

Associate Professor Ayako Obashi

Associate Professor of International Economics, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

https://sites.google.com/site/ayakoobashi/　

Mr Dandy Rafitrandi

Researcher, Department of Economics, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia

https://www.csis.or.id/profiles/dandy-rafitrandi

4)Q&A Session (chairperson)

Mr. Kwa Chong Guan

Senior Fellow,

S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

https://www.rsis.edu.sg/profile/kwa-chong-guan/

For any questions, please contact RSIS at “RSISevents@ntu.edu.sg” or the Secretariat of the GRIPS Alliance (grips-a.webinar@grips.ac.jp).

※You can watch the series of CSIS-GRIPS-RSIS webinars via GRIPS YouTube Channel.