1. Geopolitical transformation in the Indo-Pacific (September 2, 2025)

Dialogue between Morris Chang and Chris Miller on “Chip War”, March 16, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNTcVKWhKiQ

Heath, Timothy. (2021) U.S. Strategic Competition with China, A Rand Research Primer. (June 22) https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA290-3.html

Greevan, Mark. (2025) “Navigating Asia’s new trade reality after the US tariff shock,” World Economic Forum, April 8, 2025. https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/navigating-asia-new-trade-reality-after-the-us-tariff-shock/

2. The Impacts of geopolitical change on the region (September 16, 2025)

Tiberghien, Yves. (2024) “Geopolitics is Accelerating in the Indo-Pacific: Seven Key Trends and Three Hot Spot,” July 9. https://www.asiapacific.ca/publication/geopolitics-accelerating-indo-pacific-trends-hotspots

Nath, Ela. & Stephan Klingebiel, (2023) “Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific: Managing Development Cooperation,” IODS Policy Brief, August. https://www.idos-research.de/uploads/media/PB_8.2023.pdf

3. Challenges to Globalization and Globalization vs. National Interest (September 23, 2025)

International Monetary Fund, (1997) “Meeting the Challenges of Globalization in the Advanced Economies,” https://www.elibrary.imf.org/display/book/9781557756480/Ch03.xml

Popa, Cristina Elena. (2023) “The Challenges of Globalization,” Expert Journal of Economics. Volume 11, pp. 23-31.

Lopez-Claros, Augusto, Arthur L. Dahl, and Maja Groff, (2020) “Chapter one: The Challenges of the 21st Century,” in Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/AF7D40B152C4CBEDB310EC5F40866A59/9781108476966AR.pdf/Global_Governance_and_the_Emergence_of_Global_Institutions_for_the_21st_Century.pdf?event-type=FTLA

4. US-China Strategic Competition and Reversal of Globalization (September 30, 2025)

 Beattie, Alan. (2024) “Can globalisation survive the US-China rift?” Financial Times, (September 6).https://www.ft.com/content/611a48d5-8c1a-40de-a062-f1286499c3f3

Duffy, Melissa. Robert Slack, Carrie Schroll, and Brooklynn Moore, (2025) “Retreat from Globalization: Overview of the New U.S. Tariff Regime,” Fenwick, April 7. https://www.fenwick.com/insights/publications/retreat-from-globalization-overview-of-the-new-u-s-tariff-regime

Friedberg, Aaron. (2021) “The Growing Rivalry Between America and China and the Future of Globalization,” The Strategist, Vol 5, Iss 1, (Winter), pp. 95–119. https://tnsr.org/2022/01/the-growing-rivalry-between-america-and-china-and-the-future-of-globalization/

Kramer, Franklin. (2023) “China and the New Globalization,” The Atlantic Council, Global China Hub, Issue Brief, (February). https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/China_and_the_New_Globalization_IB_Digital_v2-1.pdf

Papadimitriou, Dimitri B., Giuliano Toshiro Yajima, and Gennaro Zezza, (2025) “Trump’s Tariffs: Ending Globalization,” Policy Notes, April 21. https://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/trumps-tariffs-ending-globalization/

Sun, Jisheng. (2024) “The Challenges Facing Globalization (and the Chinese Way to Promote it),” CIRSD-Horizon, https://www.cirsd.org/files/000/000/011/28/636dfdbcfe83ad316464d882997dc240921ed993.pdf

Wu, Xiangning. (2020) “Technology, power, and uncontrolled great power strategic competition between China and the United States,” China International Strategy Review, (2020) 2:99–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42533-020-00040-0

5. Changing Courses of Global Division of Labor (October 7, 2025)

Jensen, Federico. (2023) “Global Production and the Current Geopolitical Moment,” Copenhagen Business School, (September). https://sase.org/blog/global-production-and-the-current-geopolitical-moment/

van Meeteren, Michiel. and Jana Kleibert, (2022) “The global division of labour as enduring archipelago: thinking through the spatiality of ‘globalisation in reverse’,” Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 15, 389–406. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsac007

6. Global Pandemic and its Impacts on Globalization (October 14, 2025)

Altman, Steven. (2020) “Will Covid-19 Have a Lasting Impact on Globalization?” Harvard Business Review, (May 20). https://hbr.org/2020/05/will-covid-19-have-a-lasting-impact-on-globalization

Bickley, Steve J. Ho Fai Chan, Ahmed Skali, David Stadelmann, and Benno Torgler, (2021)  “How does globalization affect COVID-19 responses?” Globalization and Health 17:57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00677-5

Olivié, Iliana. and Manuel Gracia, (2021) “The pandemic’s impact on globalisation,” ARI 94/2021, (November 12). https://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/analyses/the-pandemics-impact-on-globalisation/

7. Geopolitics and Technology (October 21, 2025)

Goh, Evelyn. (2022) “The Asia–Pacific’s ‘Age of Uncertainty’: Great Power Competition, Globalisation and the Economic-Security Nexus,” in Robert G. Patman, Patrick Köllner, Balazs Kiglics, eds., From Asia-Pacific to Indo-Pacific Diplomacy in a Contested Region. Palgrave Macmillan.

Mori, Satoru. (2019) “US Technological Competition with China: The Military, Industrial and Digital Network Dimensions,” Asia-Pacific Review, 26:1, 77-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/13439006.2019.1622871

Schneider-Petsinger, Marianne, Jue Wang, Yu Jie and James Crabtree, (2019) “US–China Strategic Competition: The Quest for Global Technological Leadership,” Asia-Pacific Programme and the US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House. (November).

8. Geopolitical Competition for Leading Technology Edge (October 28, 2025)

Dollar, David. (2022) “U.S.-China trade relations in an era of great power competition,” China Economic Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, 277–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538963.2022.2117185

Jones, Oliver. (2024) “Prepare now for the new era of selective globalization,” Parthenon, (March 27) https://www.ey.com/en_gl/insights/geostrategy/future-of-globalization

Posen, Adam. (2024) “Geopolitics is corroding globalization,” Finance & Development Magazine, (June). https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2024/06/Geopolitics-Corroding-Globalization-Adam-S-Posen

9. Semiconductor Expert’s Talk: Implication of Semiconductor Industry for Future Industry (November 4, 2025)

“7 major trends shaping the future of the semiconductor industry,” Capgemini, (December 18). https://www.capgemini.com/us-en/insights/expert-perspectives/7-major-trends-shaping-the-future-of-the-semiconductor-industry/

“The Future of the Semiconductor Industry”, International Roadmap for Devices and Systems, https://irds.ieee.org/topics

“Winning the future: A Blueprint for Sustained U.S. Leadership in Semiconductor Technology,” Semiconductor Industry Association, (April 2019). https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SIA_Winning-the-Future_Refresh_FINAL1.pdf

10. Challenges of the Ukraine War and the Middle East Conflict to New Supply Chain (November 11, 2025)

Rasshyvalova, Dmytro, Yevhenii Portnoib, Tetiana Sigaievac, Oleksandr Alboshchiid, and Oleksandr Rozumnyie, “Navigating geopolitical risks: Implications for global supply chain management,” Multidisciplinary Reviews 7, https://doi.org/10.31893/multirev.2024spe017

11. Nature of Technology Competition and Redeveloping Supply Chain (November 18, 2025)

“Navigating supply chain resilience amid rising geopolitical risk,” S & P global, https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/market-insights/geopolitical-risk/supply-chain-resilience?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=PC026196&utm_term=&utm_network=g&device=c&matchtype=&cq_cmp=21418194125&cq_plac=&cq_net=g&cq_plt=gp&gbraid=0AAAAAD7ui0pDMjoSNMaB-FXS1egcDf2bc&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv8Hio-D7iAMV8eEWBR1ctwNDEAAYASAAEgI4fPD_BwE

12. Geopolitics and the Implication of De-coupling and De-risking Strategy by the EU and US to China (November 25, 2025)

Capri, Alex. (August 2024) “China decoupling versus de-risking: What’s the difference?” Hinrich Foundation, https://www.hinrichfoundation.com/profiles/experts-contributors/alex-capri/

Bateman, Jon. (2022) “US-China Technological ‘Decoupling’: A Strategy and Policy Framework,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. https://carnegie-production-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/files/Bateman_US-China_Decoupling_final.pdf  

“Business in an Era of Heightened Geopolitical Instability,” (2022) Economist Impact, https://impact.economist.com/perspectives/sites/default/files/ei_norsk_hydro_briefing_report_business_in_an_era_of_heightened_geopolitical_instability.pdf

Evans, Gareth. (2024) “De-risking regional geopolitics,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2024, 40, 439–441. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grae017

The Global Risks Report 2024, World Economic Forum, (January 2024).https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Risks_Report_2024.pdf?_gl=1*2wqnmz*_up*MQ..&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_8aIpd_7iAMVP24PAh3xtAdbEAAYASAAEgLMSvD_BwE&gbraid=0AAAAAoVy5F4dKMDWb3JRQYZmJxOuriSJB

13. Geopolitical Challenge and Taiwan’s Options (December 2, 2025)

Kaur, Dashvinjeet. (2023) “Is there really a Chip 4 Alliance? Officially, it’s still a proposal,” Techwire Asia, https://techwireasia.com/2023/01/is-there-really-a-chip-4-alliance-officially-its-still-a-proposal/

Lee, Jaemin. (2024) “The U.S. and its allies want to bring the entire chip supply chain in-house—and that could create an OPEC-style cartel for the digital age,” Fortune, (March 29). https://fortune.com/asia/2024/03/28/chip-4-alliance-us-korea-japan-taiwan-semiconductors-china-opec-cartel-for-digital-age/

Muns, Maarten. and Chris Miller, (2024) “Taiwan’s security came into question at the exact time that they became an irreplaceable supplier of semiconductors,” Atlantisch Perspectief , Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 18-23.https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/48761748

“Taiwan says 'Fab 4' chip group held first senior officials meeting,” (2023) Reuters, (February 26),https://www.reuters.com/technology/taiwan-says-fab-4-chip-group-held-first-senior-officials-meeting-2023-02-25/

14.  Geopolitical Challenge to Technology Edge: Case studies I - TSMC  (December 9, 2025)

JR Research, (2024) “TSMC: Geopolitical Fears Could Rear Its Ugly Head Again,” Seeking Alpha, (January 15).

15. Geopolitical Challenge to Technology Edge: Case studies II & III – Foxconn and Huawei (December 16, 2025)

Bloomberg, (2023) “China’s latest war against Taiwan-based Foxconn has ‘all the hallmarks of a political crackdown’ and adds to a push to put foreign firms on notice,” Fortune, (October 24). https://fortune.com/asia/2023/10/23/china-foreign-firms-crackdown-arrests-foxconn-wpp-probe/

CBM, “The Competitive Landscape of Foxconn Technology Group,” (October 2, 2024). https://canvasbusinessmodel.com/blogs/competitors/foxconn-technology-group-competitive-landscape 

Chitkara, Hirsh. (2020) “Huawei could face the brunt of the US-driven geopolitical tensions in 2020,” Business Insider, (January 2). https://www.businessinsider.com/geopolitical-challenges-persist-for-huawei-in-2020-2020-1

Lazard Geopolitical Advisory, “Geopolitics of Supply Chain,” (August 2024). https://www.lazard.com/media/d4dnwbvc/the-geopolitics-of-supply-chains.pdf

Srivastava, Megha (2024) “How Is Huawei Growing, Despite Heavy US Sanctions?,” The Diplomat, (July 2). https://thediplomat.com/2024/07/how-is-huawei-growing-despite-heavy-us-sanctions/

• Cross-disciplinary studies: Geopolitics and technology competition in an era of globalization


• Taiwan at the center of geopolitical conflict and its future of technological leading edge

Vinck Samuel, IDAS candidate 

1. Attendance and Group works(30%)

2. Final paper (40%)

3. presentation (20%)

4. Course discussion (10%)

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