• Home
  • About RSIS
    • Introduction
    • Building the Foundations
    • Welcome Message
    • Board of Governors
    • Staff Profiles
      • Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office
      • Dean’s Office
      • Management
      • Distinguished Fellows
      • Faculty and Research
      • Associate Research Fellows, Senior Analysts and Research Analysts
      • Visiting Fellows
      • Adjunct Fellows
      • Administrative Staff
    • Honours and Awards for RSIS Staff and Students
    • RSIS Endowment Fund
    • Endowed Professorships
    • Career Opportunities
    • Getting to RSIS
  • Research
    • Research Centres
      • Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS)
      • Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre)
      • Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS)
      • Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)
      • International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR)
    • Research Programmes
      • National Security Studies Programme (NSSP)
      • Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme
    • Future Issues and Technology Cluster
    • [email protected] Newsletter
    • Other Research
      • Science and Technology Studies Programme (STSP) (2017-2020)
  • Graduate Education
    • Graduate Programmes Office
    • Overview
    • MSc (Asian Studies)
    • MSc (International Political Economy)
    • MSc (International Relations)
    • MSc (Strategic Studies)
    • NTU-Warwick Double Masters Programme
    • PhD Programme
    • Exchange Partners and Programmes
    • How to Apply
    • Financial Assistance
    • Meet the Admissions Team: Information Sessions and other events
    • RSIS Alumni
  • Alumni & Networks
    • Alumni
    • Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers (APPSMO)
    • Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)
    • International Strategy Forum-Asia (ISF-Asia)
    • SRP Executive Programme
    • Terrorism Analyst Training Course (TATC)
  • Publications
    • RSIS Publications
      • Annual Reviews
      • Books
      • Bulletins and Newsletters
      • Commentaries
      • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses
      • Commemorative / Event Reports
      • IDSS Paper
      • Interreligious Relations
      • Monographs
      • NTS Insight
      • Policy Reports
      • Working Papers
      • RSIS Publications for the Year
    • Glossary of Abbreviations
    • External Publications
      • Authored Books
      • Journal Articles
      • Edited Books
      • Chapters in Edited Books
      • Policy Reports
      • Working Papers
      • Op-Eds
      • External Publications for the Year
    • Policy-relevant Articles Given RSIS Award
  • Media
    • Great Powers
    • Sustainable Security
    • Other Resource Pages
    • Media Highlights
    • News Releases
    • Speeches
    • Vidcast Channel
    • Audio/Video Forums
  • Events
  • Giving
  • Contact Us
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
RSISVideoCast RSISVideoCast rsis.sg
Linkedin
instagram instagram rsis.sg
RSS
  • Home
  • About RSIS
      • Introduction
      • Building the Foundations
      • Welcome Message
      • Board of Governors
      • Staff Profiles
        • Executive Deputy Chairman’s Office
        • Dean’s Office
        • Management
        • Distinguished Fellows
        • Faculty and Research
        • Associate Research Fellows, Senior Analysts and Research Analysts
        • Visiting Fellows
        • Adjunct Fellows
        • Administrative Staff
      • Honours and Awards for RSIS Staff and Students
      • RSIS Endowment Fund
      • Endowed Professorships
      • Career Opportunities
      • Getting to RSIS
  • Research
      • Research Centres
        • Centre for Multilateralism Studies (CMS)
        • Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre)
        • Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS)
        • Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS)
        • International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR)
      • Research Programmes
        • National Security Studies Programme (NSSP)
        • Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme
      • Future Issues and Technology Cluster
      • [email protected] Newsletter
      • Other Research
        • Science and Technology Studies Programme (STSP) (2017-2020)
  • Graduate Education
      • Graduate Programmes Office
      • Overview
      • MSc (Asian Studies)
      • MSc (International Political Economy)
      • MSc (International Relations)
      • MSc (Strategic Studies)
      • NTU-Warwick Double Masters Programme
      • PhD Programme
      • Exchange Partners and Programmes
      • How to Apply
      • Financial Assistance
      • Meet the Admissions Team: Information Sessions and other events
      • RSIS Alumni
  • Alumni & Networks
      • Alumni
      • Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior Military Officers (APPSMO)
      • Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO)
      • International Strategy Forum-Asia (ISF-Asia)
      • SRP Executive Programme
      • Terrorism Analyst Training Course (TATC)
  • Publications
      • RSIS Publications
        • Annual Reviews
        • Books
        • Bulletins and Newsletters
        • Commentaries
        • Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses
        • Commemorative / Event Reports
        • IDSS Paper
        • Interreligious Relations
        • Monographs
        • NTS Insight
        • Policy Reports
        • Working Papers
        • RSIS Publications for the Year
      • Glossary of Abbreviations
      • External Publications
        • Authored Books
        • Journal Articles
        • Edited Books
        • Chapters in Edited Books
        • Policy Reports
        • Working Papers
        • Op-Eds
        • External Publications for the Year
      • Policy-relevant Articles Given RSIS Award
  • Media
      • Great Powers
      • Sustainable Security
      • Other Resource Pages
      • Media Highlights
      • News Releases
      • Speeches
      • Vidcast Channel
      • Audio/Video Forums
  • Events
  • Giving
  • Contact Us
  • instagram instagram rsis.sg
Connect

Getting to RSIS

Map

Address

Nanyang Technological University
Block S4, Level B3,
50 Nanyang Avenue,
Singapore 639798

View location on Google maps Click here for directions to RSIS

Get in Touch

    Connect with Us

      rsis.ntu
      rsis_ntu
      rsisntu
    RSISVideoCast RSISVideoCast rsisvideocast
      school/rsis-ntu
    instagram instagram rsis.sg
      RSS
    Subscribe to RSIS Publications
    Subscribe to RSIS Events

    RSIS Intranet

    S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Think Tank and Graduate School Ponder The Improbable Since 1966
    Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University

    Skip to content

     
    • RSIS
    • RSIS Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Linda Lim, NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations, RSIS; and Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

    RSIS Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Linda Lim, NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations, RSIS; and Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

    Back to the Future: Singapore, China and Southeast Asia

    21 Mar 2018 15:30 - 17:00
    [email protected], Lecture Theatre 301
    Office Attire
    Type: Lectures / Seminars
    Public
    For Enquiries: [email protected]
    Google Calendar

    Lecture Abstract

    The 21st century has seen a slowdown, halt and even some reversal of economic globalization, especially since the 2008 global financial crisis. The 2016 Brexit vote in the UK, and election of Donald Trump in the US—the two historic champions of the post-World War II rules-based liberal international economic order—have ushered in a period of uncertainty about the future of international economic relations.

    But in 2017, China has stepped boldly into this vacuum, with President Xi Jinping declaring early in the year (at the World Economic Forum in Davos) his government’s support of globalization, and late in the year (at the Communist Party of China’s 19th Party Congress) the start of a “New Era” based on his Thought which will move China “closer to center stage” in the world.

    President Xi’s Thought includes China “blazing a new trail for other developing countries” through advocacy of a “Chinese model of development” and his signature “Belt-and-Road Initiative” (BRI) of massive infrastructure and other investments in the developing world. Singapore and Southeast Asia are BRI countries, with Singapore the largest regional recipient so far of Chinese outward foreign direct investment.

    This lecture will consider the likely contours of the reshaping global and Asian regional economic landscape, including the supposed “retreat of the West” and “rise of China”, and their implications for Singapore’s economic future. It will argue that Singapore’s destiny lies in closer non-economic as well as economic integration with its Southeast Asian neighbors, suggesting specific development paths and the systemic domestic changes required for this global-to-regional transformation to be quickly and successfully achieved.

    About the Speaker

    Linda Lim is a Singaporean economist who is uniquely qualified to address these important issues, based on her four decades studying the Singapore economy from her academic base in the United Sates, the University of Michigan (U-M), which has been engaged in Southeast Asia and China since the 1870s.  She has done research on industrialization, labor markets and Overseas Chinese business in Southeast Asia, and served from 2005-2009 as Director of U-M’s Federal-government-funded Center for Southeast Asian Studies (founded in 1960).  She teaches and is a frequent media commentator on China’s economy and international trade and financial relations, and served for 16 years sequentially on the boards of two US public companies with tech manufacturing operations in China, one of which was acquired by a Chinese listed company in 2016.  She currently directs and teaches custom executive education programs at U-M for top managers of major Chinese state-owned banks and financial companies venturing abroad to both developed Western and developing BRI countries.

    Professor Lim studied economics at the Universities of Cambridge (BA), Yale (MA) and Michigan (PhD), after which she taught economics at Swarthmore College in the US and did extensive consulting for United Nations and other international development agencies, and global companies. She has spent three decades teaching MBA courses on The World Economy and Business in Asia at U-M’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, where she is now Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business.  Her numerous publications include two recent books from Singapore’s World Scientific Publications–Singapore’s Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections (edited, 2016) and Business, Government and Labor in the Economic Development of Singapore and Southeast Asia (2018).  She is currently co-editing Singapore: The Future of a Legacy, for ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (2019).

     

    Shuttle Bus Service:

    A shuttle bus service is available from the taxi stand (F46) at Buona Vista MRT via Exit C to [email protected] from 2.00 – 3.00 pm
    (See attached location map)

     

    Albums

    • RSIS Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Linda Lim (21 March 2018)

    Back to top

    Terms of Use | Privacy Statement
    Copyright © S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. All rights reserved.
    This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. By continuing, you are agreeing to the use of cookies on your device as described in our privacy policy. Learn more
    OK
    Latest Book
    RSIS Distinguished Public Lecture by Professor Linda Lim, NTUC Professor of International Economic Relations, RSIS; and Professor Emerita of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Stephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

    more info