2020 Annual Conference of Association of International Relations, ROC on Challenges and Trends in International Relations: Towards a De-globalizing Asia and World?

At the beginning of 2020, the outbreak of Covid-19 has hit the global economy and supply chain. Faced with this severe crisis, the great powers are overwhelmed by their own concerns and are reluctant to take the lead of the global resistance on pandemic and economic recovery. When most of countries only focus on their own interests, the atmosphere of Beggar-thy-neighbor spreads. However, while the pandemic comes to an end, the confrontation between two great powers, United States and China, will attract more attention from the world. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the development of globalization has been stagnated and protectionism is booming, coupled with the more inward-looking foreign policies adopted by the Trump administration, the economy globalization is facing more challenges. The impact of factors mentioned above on the current international relations and global order is worthy of in-depth discussion.
This year, the annual conference with the topic of “Challenges and Trends in International Relations: Towards a De-globalizing Asia and World?” will be co-hosted by the Association of International Relations, ROC and Department of East Asian Studies of National Taiwan Normal University. The sub topics are as follows:
1.The impact and inspiration of Covid-19 to the international Relations and Global Order (The role of Nation, the essence of international relations, U.S.-China hegemony competition in post-pandemic era… etc.)
2.Globalization and De-globalizing (Global integration and disintegration, protectionism, WHO and global epidemic prevention…etc.)
3.Non Traditional Security Issues (Human rights and international norms, public health, immigration and refugees, ethnic political conflicts, energy politics, extremist organizations and terrorist threats, marine and environmental security… etc.)
4.The theory of International Relations (The latest development of International Relations theory, review and innovation of traditional thought of international relations, history and international relations… etc.)
5.The Issues of International Political Economy (regional economic and trade integration, international trade conflicts, international financial governance, Sino-US trade conflicts, development and impact of the Belt and Road Initiative… etc.)
6.The issues of International Strategy and Security (Foreign policy and security strategies of major countries, situation on the Korean Peninsula, disputes in the South China Sea, regional strategic situation…etc.)
7.Issues of U.S.-China-Taiwan relations (U.S. policy toward the United States after the presidential election and the trend of U.S.-China relations, mainland China’s Taiwan policy, Taiwan’s foreign policy and cross-strait relations…etc.)
8.Regional issues (Europe, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, North and South America, Africa and other regional political, economic, diplomatic and security issues)