Upcoming & Selected Past Events

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture

Building the Nation the Chinese Way

by Prof Wang Gungwu
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

Beyond Chips: China’s Agricultural Power in the Trade War

by Assoc Prof Shaohua Zhan
Thursday, 9 October 2025
3:00pm-4:30pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

China’s Challenge to Become a True World Power: Will it Succeed?

by Prof Akio Takahara
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Conference

Managing a Rapidly Changing World: Perspectives from China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
9:30am-5:15pm
Conrad Singapore Orchard

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture

How Hong Kong Navigates Turbulent Times: The City’s Path Forward as a Leading International Financial Centre

by Mr Eddie Yue
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
10:30am-12:00pm

EAI Seminar

Fortress North America? Canada, the United States and Trans-Pacific Relatioons

by Senator Yuen Pau Woo
Monday, 15 September 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI-ISAS Public Session

China and India: Fostering Growth, Investment and Trade Amid Global Uncertainty

Monday 8 September 2025
9:30am-12:30pm
Amara Singapore Hotel (Tanjong Pagar)

EAI Seminar

G-Minus One: Reconfiguring Multilateralism Without the United States

by Prof Paul Evans
Werdnesday, 3 September 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Seminar

A China in Between — Economy, Innovation, Geopolitics and More

by Dr Liu Qian
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

Southeast Asia's Role in the Great US-China Supply Chain Recalibration

by Dr Miao Ji
Friday, 15 August 2025
10:00am-11:30am

EAI Zoom Seminar

Asia Through New Zealanders' Eyes': 2025 Survey

by Dr Julia Macdonald
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
10:00am-11:30am

EAI Hybrid Seminar

China’s Strategy in Global Foreign Direct Investment Governance

by Dr Li Feng
Thursday, 31 July 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI-ISAS Seminar

India’s Economic Ascent: Comparisons and Contrasts with China

EAI-ISAS Joint Seminar
Friday, 25 July 2025
3:30pm-5:15pm

Online Policy Forum

China’s Economic Trajectory: Unpacking Macro Trends and Structural Shifts

Friday, 11 July 2025
10.00am-11.30am SGT (Asia Briefing)
9.00pm-10.00pm SGT (Europe/U.S. Briefing)

EAI Zoom Seminar

The Myth of US Dollar Dominance in Japanese Exports: New Evidence from Japanese Customs Level Data

by Prof Kiyotaka Sato
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
3:00pm-4:30pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Internationalisation of the Renminbi: Status and Prospects

by Prof Bert Hofman
Thursday, 3 July 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Seminar

The China-Europe-US Geoeconomic Triangle: Disruption, Decoupling, or Redesign?

by Mr Jörg Wuttke
Thursday, 26 June 2025
5:00pm-6:30pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Offshoring with Partners: Trust is the New Currency - How Security and Consumer Benefits Shape Japanese Trade Attitudes

by Prof Dapeng Cai
Friday, 20 June 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

Westlessness: Is Trump accelerating multipolarisation in Asia and the wider world?

by Dr Samir Puri
Thursday, 12 June 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Japan's Lost Decades: Lessons and Prospects

by Prof Tomoo Kikuchi
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

Southeast Asia–China Relations under Trump 2.0: Hedge More or Hedge No More?

by Prof Kuik Cheng-Chwee
Thursday, 29 May 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

China’s Investment in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Gwadar – Debt Trap or Strategic Latency?

by Mr Muan Lim
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Politics of Economic Inequality in China: Unbalanced Responsiveness

by Professor Shuai Jin
Thursday, 22 May 2025
9:30am-11:00am

EAI Zoom Seminar

Trade Wars Rock Financial Markets: 40 years Post-Plaza Accord

by Mr Raf Manji
Thursday, 15 May 2025
10:00am-11:30am

EAI Zoom Seminar

Japan's Grand Strategy and Trump 2.0

by Professor Christopher W. Hughes
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
3:00pm-4:30pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Can American Identity Save Democracy? National Identity, Partisan Hate, and Democratic Decline

by Dr Rongbo Jin
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Navigating US-China Rivalry: ASEAN’s Balancing Act

by Dr Lili Yan Ing
Thursday, 8 May 2025
3:30pm-4:30pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Agent-Controlled Transparency: Its Varied Impact on Corruption Latency in China

by Dr Tu Wenyan
Friday, 2 May 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Hybrid Seminar

India and China: The Semiconductor Race – Who is Leading?

by Mr Konark Bhandari
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
4:00pm-5:00pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Analysing China's Two Sessions in 2025: Context, Policies, Implications and the US-China Tariffs Row

by Dr Lai Hongyi
Thursday, 24 April 2025
3:00pm-4:30pm

EAI Zoom Seminar

Measuring the Economic Fallout of US Reciprocal Tariffs

by Prof Xu Qiyuan and Prof Su Qingyi
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
3:30pm-5:00pm

EAI Seminar

Navigating South Korea’s Multilateral Strategy Amid US-China Rivalry and Trump 2.0

Professor Shin-wha Lee
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm 

6th KIC-EAI Conference

The Second Trump Administration: Implications for the Korean Peninsula and East Asia

Friday, 14 February 2025
9.00am-5.00pm

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture

What Remains of the Middle Power: Canada and China in the Era of America First

Professor Paul Evans
Professor Emeritus,
University of British Columbia

Joint Conference on Industrial Policy

Navigating Challenges: Industrial Policy, Competitiveness, and Development

Conrad Singapore Orchard
9-10 January, 2025

EAI Hybrid Seminar

The IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Asia
and Pacific, October 2024

Dr Thomas Helbling
Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Department
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC

Goh Keng Swee Lecture on Modern China

Structural Adjustments in the Chinese Economy

Professor Bai Chong-En
Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University

EAI Academic Public Lecture

Overcapacity in China? Fact or Fiction

Professor Chen Bo
Chutian Professor of Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

EAI Hybrid Seminar

The Rapid Ascent of China’s Corporate Giants

Professor Andrew G Walder
Denise O’Leary and Kent Thiry Professor
Department of Sociology, Stanford University

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture

Can China Reach its 2024 Growth Target?

Dr Yu Yongding
Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Member, Advisory Committee of National Planning, National Devt and Reform Committee, PRC

EAI Hybrid Seminar

IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific — April 2024

Dr Krishna Srinivasan
Director, Asia and Pacific Department,
International Monetary Fund

John CH Wong Distinguished Public Lecture

Disgruntled Stakeholder? China’s Ambitions and the Future of the International Order

Professor Jessica Chen Weiss
Michael J Zak Professor for China and
Asia-Pacific Studies, Department of Government,
Cornell University, USA

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Golden Jubilee of ASEAN-Japan Partnership

Organised by EAI
Sponsored by
Embassy of Japan in Singapore

CAG-EAI Seminar

China’s Economic Slowdown: Structural or Cyclical?

Professor Yao Yang
Liberal Arts Chair Professor, China Centre for Economic Research,
National School of Development, Peking University, China

Dialogue on Korean Film

The Secret of Korean Film Success and the
Future of Korea-Asia Cooperation

Organised by EAI
Sponsored by Embassy of the
Republic of Korea in Singapore

Friday, 20 October 2023

International Conference on

The Belt and Road Initiative:
Can it be sustained in a changing world?

Friday, 8 September 2023
9.00 am to 6.00 pm (Singapore Time)
Via Zoom

EAI Academic Seminar

Ambiguity and Clarity in China’s Adaptive Policy Communication

Prof Yuen Yuen Ang
Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University, USA

EAI Seminar on Zoom

The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational
Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy

Prof Zhao Suisheng
Professor and Director, Center for China-US Cooperation, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA

EAI Seminar on Zoom

How might China navigate the challenges ahead?

Dr Wang Tao
Chief China Economist,
UBS Investment Bank

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China’s State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System

Professor Henry Gao
Professor of Law, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

Navigating Uncertainty: The Future of EU-China Relations

Dr Mikko Huotari
Executive Director, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Anatomy of a Regional Civil War:
Guangxi, 1967-1968

Professor Andrew G Walder
Denise O’Leary and Kent Thiry Professor, Dept of Sociology, Stanford University, USA

Inaugural Korea Centre (EAI, NUS) – Sejong Institute Webinar

Indo-Pacific Concept and Korea-ASEAN
Solidarity Initiative: Regional Perspectives

Jointly organised by
EAI & Sejong Institute
Thursday, 27 April 2023

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine a Year After: Impact on the Korean Peninsula and its Vicinity?

Mr Bilahari Kausikan
Chairman, Middle East Institute,
National University of Singapore

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Daring to Struggle: China’s Global Ambitions
under Xi Jinping

Dr Bates Gill
Executive Director
Center for China Analysis, Asia Society

International Conference on

China: Fiscal Policies for the New Era

Organised by EAI
11 – 13 January 2023

Goh Keng Swee Lecture on Modern China

In commemoration of EAI’s 25th Anniversary

China in a Multipolar World

Mr George Yeo
Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS; former Singapore Cabinet Minister 1990-2011

EAI Seminar on Zoom

China’s Economic Continuity and Development Lessons

Professor Albert Keidel
Adjunct Professor
George Washington University, USA

Seminar on

South Korea's Soft Power and its Foreign Policies
in the ASEAN Region

Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Block B,
NUS Bukit Timah Campus

EAI Hybrid Seminar

Political Economy of China’s Outward Foreign
Direct Investment in Southeast Asia:
An Assessment

Université de Paris & EAI

Book Event

Kevin Rudd: The Avoidable War

Mr Kevin Rudd
President and CEO, Asia Society

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Lessons for East Asia from Eastern Europe’s Economic Challenges and Transformation

Prof Lajos Bokros,
Prof Marcin Piatkowski &
Prof Dwight Perkins

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

25 Years After the Asian Financial Crisis:
What Have We Learned

Dr Hoe Ee Khor
Chief Economist, ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO)

Goh Keng Swee Lecture on Modern China via Zoom

Paradigm Shift: The Long Tides and Vast Waves
of China's 2060 Carbon Neutrality Development

Dr Zhu Min
Chairman, National Institute of Financial Research,
Tsinghua University

EAI Korea Centre Public Lecture on Zoom

Difficult Choices: Alliance Decision Making in the Context of U.S.-China Competition

Dr Victor Cha
Vice President and Korea Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Pandemic Resurgence Slows Recovery in Asia: IMF’s Asia and Pacific Regional Economic Outlook

Dr Shanaka Jayanath (Jay) Peiris, 
Dr Elif Arbatli Saxegaard, 
Dr Pragyan Deb & Dr Phakawa Jeasakul
from the International Monetary Fund

Book Launch

Innovation and China's Global Emergence

Organised by NUS Press and EAI

EAI Seminar on Zoom

Building the Party Abroad: The Chinese Communist Party’s Overseas Organising Power

Professor Frank N Pieke
Professor of Modern China Studies, Leiden Asia Centre, Leiden University and Visiting Research Professor, EAI

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

The World After Coronavirus

Professor Ian Goldin
Director, Oxford Martin Programmes on Technological and Economic Change and Future of Development

EAI Seminar via Zoom

After the Pandemic: The Medium-Term Economic Damage from COVID-19

Dr Sonali Das & Dr Philippe Wingender
Senior Economists,
World Economic Studies Division, IMF

4th KIC-EAI Conference on

New Biden Era and East Asia: Regional Cooperation amid Turbulence in East Asia

Jointly organised by EAI &
College of International Studies (KIC),
Kyung Hee University (KHU), Republic of Korea

Research Seminars on

ASEAN-China-Norms

Organised by
The French National Centre for Scientific
Research (CNRS) and EAI

John CH Wong Distinguished Public Lecture via Zoom

Techno-nationalism and Technology Competition

Dr Keyu Jin
Professor of Economics,
London School of Economics

Goh Keng Swee Lecture on Modern China via Zoom

The Decade of Living Dangerously: The Impact of US-China Strategic Competition on the Rest of Asia

The Honorable Kevin Rudd AC
President and CEO, Asia Society and
President, Asia Society Policy Institute

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

Fairbank and the Fifties: Lessons in Navigating
US-China Confrontation

Professor Paul Evans
HSBC Chair of Asian Research,
School of Public Policy and Global Affairs,
University of British Columbia, Canada

EAI Distinguished Public Lecture on Zoom

China’s Domestic and External Economic Challenges

Dr David Dollar
Senior Fellow, China Center,
Brookings Institution, USA