Economic security has become a top policy concern for governments across the world, yet considerable ambiguity exists over the meaning of the term, raising the risks of misunderstanding and unintended conflict. This talk examines the conceptual underpinnings of economic security for the Chinese party-state. It presents a typology of economic security governance roles adopted by China, which rest on differences in purpose and posture. The analysis tracks changes in these governance roles over time and across issue areas, and the talk will discuss implications for policymakers as well as scholarly research.

We're delighted to welcome Yeling Tan from the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford chaired by the Institute's Deputy Director, Charlotte Goodburn. 

This is an in-person event. Registration is required.

Speakers

Yeling Tan is Professor of Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. She is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Her research focuses on the political economy of globalisation, development, and policymaking, with a focus on China and the Asian region. She holds a PhD in Public Policy and an MPA in International Development from Harvard University, and a BA in International Relations and Economics from Stanford University. Prior to joining Oxford, Professor Tan was an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon and a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University. She has also worked in the public and non-governmental sectors on a range of issues including economic development, international security policy, global governance and governance innovations.

Professor Tan’s latest book is Disaggregating China, Inc: State Strategies in the Liberal Economic Order (Cornell University Press Studies in Political Economy), which has been awarded the Peter Katzenstein book prize and the Georgetown Joseph S. Lepgold book prize. Her articles have been published in Comparative Political Studies, the Review of International Organizations, International Studies Quarterly, the China Journal, Governance, and Global Policy. Professor Tan’s earlier books include China Experiments: from Local Innovations to National Reform (Brookings Institution Press) and Asia’s Role in Governing Global Health (Routledge). Professor Tan has also written for Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and Bloomberg Opinion.

Charlotte Goodburn (Chair) is Reader in Chinese Politics and Development, and Deputy Director of the Lau China Institute, King’s College London. She is also attached to the Department of International Development at King’s. Before starting at King’s, she was a post-doctoral researcher in the Centre of Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. Dr Goodburn’s research and teaching engages with the politics of internal migration; urbanisation; the comparative development of India and China; and the movement of policies and “models” into and out of China. She completed her PhD in the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge and has a BA Hons (in History) and an MPhil (in Contemporary Chinese Studies), also from the University of Cambridge.