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The Asia Security Initiative Research Center at the East Asia Institute invited Yves Tiberghien in the Department of Political Science at University of British Columbia for the 12th Smart Talk Seminar on November 16, 2010. Professor Tiberghien spoke on “Global Power Shifts and G20: a geopolitical analysis” followed by discussions with invited panelists from South Korea. Topic

“Global Power Shifts and G20: a geopolitical analysis”

Presenter

Yves Tiberghien, Professor of the University of British Columbia

Moderator

Yul Sohn, Professor of Yonsei University

Discussants

Young Jong Choi, Professor of Catholic University

Seonjou Kang, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security

Dong-Hun Kim, Professor of Korea University

Min Gyo Koo, Professor of Seoul National University

Jongryn Mo, Professor of Yonsei University

Professor Yves Tiberghien’s Biography

Yves Tiberghien is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at UBC (currently on leave and a Visiting Associate Professor at National Chengchi University in Taiwan). He obtained hid Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University in 2004-2006. He specializes in comparative political economy and international political economy with empirical focus on China, Japan, Korea, and Europe. In 2007, he published “Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea” with Cornell University Press in the Political Economy Series. His publications include articles and book chapters on the comparative political economy of East Asia (Japan, Korea) and on climate change politics (Japan and EU). Over the last four years, he has been working on a large project and book on the global governance of genetically engineered food (GMOs). He has a strong interest in environmental and food governance (GMOs, climate change, food politics) in China. He is currently working new multi-year project on the role of China in global governance (with focus on global financial regulations, G20, and global environmental issues) funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), on the geopolitics of the G20 summit process, and as well as a project on the political consequences of economic inequality in East Asia.