Japan Zoominar @ UC San Diego: "How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Shaping Politics in East Asia - An Update," with Yves Tiberghien

Wed, Jan 25, 9:00-10:00 am JST (Tue, Jan 24, 4:00-5:00 pm Pacific)

Following an initial phase of relative control and good performance across East Asia in 2020 and 2021, the Delta and Omicron variants have challenged politics and societies across the regions. The Delta variant played a big role in the downfall of Prime Minister Suga in October 2021, and there is some concern what the winter season will bring next. China has presided over the most dramatic cycle of extreme policy rigidity and control, followed by an abrupt abandonment that unleashed a massive wave in December 2022. What explains these COVID trajectories in East Asia over time, how should we assess changes - extreme or piecemeal - in pandemic policies, and what are long-term implications of these developments?

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Yves Tiberghien 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. He is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta's China Institute. He is 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. Yves holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (2002), and was a Harvard Academy Scholar (2006) and a Fulbright Scholar (1996). His research interest is the comparative political economy of East Asia and global economic and environmental governance. His latest book is The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox (2021, Cambridge UP).

Ulrike Schaede is Professor of Japanese Business at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy and the director of JFIT. Her research focuses on Japan's changing corporate strategies, including business culture, change management, and business organization. Her 2020 book "The Business Reinvention of Japan" analyzes how Japanese companies are responding to the rise of China and the changing global competition.
 
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