Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution. In this episode, we will share the second part GGI webinar on China-Philippines maritime economic cooperation forum. 

Co-Chair/Moderator: 

Prof. Anna Malindog-Uy, Vice President for Externals, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI).

Mr. Dai Fan, Director for Philippines Studies, Jinan University.

Andy TIAN (Speaker of Welcome Address), Founder and President of Global Governance Institution.

Panel of Speakers:

Mr. Herman “Ka-Mentong” Tiu Laurel, President, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI).

Dr. Yan YAN, Director of the Research Center of Oceans Law and Policy in the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS). 

Prof. Bobby Tuazon, Director, Policy Studies Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) & Former Chairman, Political Science Program, UP Manila 

Dr. MING Junchao, research fellow feom South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute (SCSFRI) of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS).

Mr. Adolfo “Ka-Ado” Paglinawan, Vice President for Internals, Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI)

Dr. ZHU Xuan, Distinguished Fellow of GGI.

As the second largest archipelagic country in the world, the Philippines is rich in marine resources, but its potential for marine economic development has yet to be fully achieved. Since the Duterte administration, the country has created a favorable environment for international cooperation on key issues to both themselves and the South China Sea (SCS) region. In addition, Duterte’s China-friendly stance has set the stage for mending ties that have been frayed by a festering maritime sovereignty dispute, providing opportunities for maritime economic development of both countries. 

In recent years, with the joint efforts of China and the Philippines, the two countries have significantly improved bilateral relations and maintained a strong cooperation in trade and investment. For example, China has become the Philippines' top trading partner, top source of imports, third largest export destination and second largest source of foreign investment.

Following Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s triumph in Philippines’ presidential election on May 9 2022, the newly elected president Marcos has publicly announced that he will succeed the Duterte government’s legacy. Thus, cooperation will remain as the mainstream of ongoing China-Philippine ties, and the economic cooperation and trade between the two countries are expected to grow.

However, due to disagreement in handling sovereignty disputes, some maritime cooperation between China and Philippine, in particular fishery cooperation is in stand-off in the past. Only after Duterte came to power has the Philippines started to pay attention to fishery economies by launching a comprehensive fisheries development plan and actively engaging itself in  . In this regard, China-Philippines fisheries cooperation has good prospects.

Given that Marcos continues Duterte's friendly attitude toward China, it is worth considering how to face the current challenges and take full advantage of the potential of Sino-Philippine fisheries cooperation. Marine environmental protection is another essential part of maritime economic cooperation that cannot be neglected. Hence, how to strengthen cooperation mechanism for marine environmental protection has become an urgent task for both China and the Philippines.  

In addition to trade and economic cooperation, maritime law enforcement cooperation is another key to regional and global maritime governance. Maritime law enforcement cooperation is of extreme value for both countries to ensure maritime security, facilitate freedom of commerce, protect the resources of the ocean, and advance prosperity. 

In 2016, despite the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal Ruling on SCS, both China and the Philippines agreed to leave aside the maritime dispute and focused on strengthening economic developmet over the ocean. The MoU was signed between the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Coast Guard on the Establishment of the Joint Commission on Maritime Police Cooperation. Since then, the China-Philippine maritime law enforcement cooperation has achieved pragmatic outcomes, but there is still room for improvement. 

In this regard, together with ACPSSI and The Manila Time, the Global Governance Institution (GGI) host a webinar event on August 20, 2022 to invite experts from both China and the Philippines to discuss the current status of bilateral cooperation between China and the Philippines in the fields of marine environmental protection, maritime law enforcement cooperation, and maritime fisheries cooperation.

Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution. In this episode, we will share the first part GGI webinar on China-Philippines maritime economic cooperation forum. And the second part will be in the next episode.

As the second largest archipelagic country in the world, the Philippines is rich in marine resources, but its potential for marine economic development has yet to be fully achieved. Since the Duterte administration, the country has created a favorable environment for international cooperation on key issues to both themselves and the South China Sea (SCS) region. In addition, Duterte’s China-friendly stance has set the stage for mending ties that have been frayed by a festering maritime sovereignty dispute, providing opportunities for maritime economic development of both countries.

In recent years, with the joint efforts of China and the Philippines, the two countries have significantly improved bilateral relations and maintained a strong cooperation in trade and investment. For example, China has become the Philippines' top trading partner, top source of imports, third largest export destination and second largest source of foreign investment.

Following Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s triumph in Philippines’ presidential election on May 9 2022, the newly elected president Marcos has publicly announced that he will succeed the Duterte government’s legacy. Thus, cooperation will remain as the mainstream of ongoing China-Philippine ties, and the economic cooperation and trade between the two countries are expected to grow.

However, due to disagreement in handling sovereignty disputes, some maritime cooperation between China and Philippine, in particular fishery cooperation is in stand-off in the past. Only after Duterte came to power has the Philippines started to pay attention to fishery economies by launching a comprehensive fisheries development plan and actively engaging itself in . In this regard, China-Philippines fisheries cooperation has good prospects.

Given that Marcos continues Duterte's friendly attitude toward China, it is worth considering how to face the current challenges and take full advantage of the potential of Sino-Philippine fisheries cooperation. Marine environmental protection is another essential part of maritime economic cooperation that cannot be neglected. Hence, how to strengthen cooperation mechanism for marine environmental protection has become an urgent task for both China and the Philippines.  

In addition to trade and economic cooperation, maritime law enforcement cooperation is another key to regional and global maritime governance. Maritime law enforcement cooperation is of extreme value for both countries to ensure maritime security, facilitate freedom of commerce, protect the resources of the ocean, and advance prosperity.

In 2016, despite the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal Ruling on SCS, both China and the Philippines agreed to leave aside the maritime dispute and focused on strengthening economic developmet over the ocean. The MoU was signed between the China Coast Guard and the Philippine Coast Guard on the Establishment of the Joint Commission on Maritime Police Cooperation. Since then, the China-Philippine maritime law enforcement cooperation has achieved pragmatic outcomes, but there is still room for improvement.

In this regard, together with ACPSSI and The Manila Time, the Global Governance Institution (GGI) host a webinar event on August 20, 2022 to invite experts from both China and the Philippines to discuss the current status of bilateral cooperation between China and the Philippines in the fields of marine environmental protection, maritime law enforcement cooperation, and maritime fisheries cooperation.

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In this episode, our research fellow Ms. WANG Lin will host Professor Williams Schabas, a regular guest of Global Governance Perspective, to talk about the latest development of the ICC investigation in situation of Ukraine.

Professor William A. Schabas is professor of international law at Middlesex University in London. He is also professor of international human law and human rights at Leiden University, emeritus professor of human rights law at the National University of Ireland Galway and honorary chairman of the Irish Centre for Human Rights, and invited visiting scholar at the Paris School of International Affairs (Sciences Politiques). His specialty is international criminal law, where he has published extensively in recent years. This legal background make him the perfect speaker for this episode about ICC situation in Ukraine.

The ICC formally began its investigation of situation in Ukraine since March 2 and made rapid progress so far. As ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said in a news report, the ICC sent a team of 42 investigators, forensic experts and support staff to Ukraine to probe potential war crimes, representing the “largest ever single field deployment” since the office began its work in 2003.

In addition, vast portions of resources and support were poured into ICC. The US State Department launched a new program-called the Conflict Observatory- “to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.” The European Commission also launched a new project, under its Foreign Policy Instrument, to support the investigation capacities of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with 7.25 million Euros.

On the surface, the ICC appears to be undergoing a "renaissance" of sensitivity and operational capacity. However, against the backdrop of the ICC's failure to make progress for years in its investigations of situations in Iraq, Afghanistan, targeting NATO countries including the United States, Britain and Australia, and as well the sanctions imposed directly on the ICC by the United States to stop its investigations, if the ICC were to conduct war crimes trials against Russia in a very short period of time, could this be considered a "success story" for the court? How can the rapid response and convergence of resources demonstrated in this case be evaluated in comparison to the ICC's performance in other situations such as the above-mentioned investigations against the U.S., Britain, and Australia? If the ICC does succeed in finding war crimes in this conflict, will this really give the ICC more confidence and credit? Would such a success raise suspicions that the ICC is being politicized and instrumentalized? For all those questions, please stay tuning in our podcast.

Timeline

04:27 Question 1 - With the ICC probe into the accused of war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine, what’s the latest observation of the development?

22:21 Q2 - Some countries may hope, in the ICC investigation, they can have some impact or deteriorates on the conflict in Ukraine, do you think they will have these goal realized? Will that work?

35:00 Q3 - With these questions, is it because Russia did not accept Roman Statue?

37:03 Q4 - How do yo prospect the posibillity of the former prosecution and keys findings of the possible war crime in Ukraine

44:08 Q5 - Do you think ICC will start the investigation in Xinjiang? How do yo think the controvercial evidence of Xinjiang?

54:46 Q6 - With the extraordinary expensive fee of international justice mechanism, it seems that international justice focus upon strategically important crisis for the wealthy countries. Is this the reason behind the imbalanced distribution of attention and resources of international justice? How will this impact the independence and impartiality of ICC?

Q&A Time

01:01:25 - Could protection of democracy as its argument to intervene militarily? Or could protection of democracy be used as a legal basis to use force under the international law? Will that constitute a crime of aggression according to the Rome Statute?

01:05:47 - On July 30th, the US killed the leader of aI-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan. As we also know that days before the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan last year, a miscalculated US drone strike killed 10 innocent people in Kabul, including an aid worker and seven children. Were there any war crimes involved in those two killings in the international law?

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Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution.

With coronavirus, especially the Omicron variant at the moment, still surging around the world, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games will still go ahead as scheduled. In addition to the pandemic, the Beijing 2022 has been clouded by the diplomatic boycott by some countries. In spite of all these, the Beijing 2022 will soon kick off just in a few days. In this episode as one of our 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic collection, we are very happy to have Ms. Anita DeFrantz. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and previously served two-terms as a vice president of the IOC. Our research fellow, Dr.Cheng Jing interviewed Ms. DeFrantz earlier today. 

Following the interview with Madam Anita DeFranz, we also included in this episode a presentation delivered by Mr. Andy TIAN on a virtual event honoring the publication of the book Overcoming the pandemic in Latin America. This online event is co-hosted by the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina, and the Global Governance Institution.

Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy our program. Please do follow and subscribe this channel “the Global Governance Perspective”. You could also follow us on our twitter and Facebook to write your comments. Look forward to your joining us next time.

Timeline

00:20 Introduction

01:40 A Conversation with Ms. Anita DeFrantz by Prof. CHENG Jing

13:40 A Speech for new book “Overcoming the pandemic in Latin America” by Captain Tian

19:30 Ending

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Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution.

In collaboration with the CNIA, Center for New Inclusive Asia, a Malaysia-based Think Tank, the Global Governance Institution hold a virtual international event on Democracy, Human Rights and Big Power Competition whereby we invited a great group of serious international scholars to join us for an answer. 

I divided this event into two episodes. The first episode deals with the Geopolitical approach to the Summit. The second episode will analyze the legal approach of the Summit for Democracy by taking the Uyghur Tribunal’s judgement as an example. Now let’s listen to the second part of the conversation with a group of serious scholars.

Agenda

Moderator:

-      Mr. Xu Qinduo

(Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for New Inclusive Asia)

2. Legalistic Approach Taking Human Rights in Xinjiang as a Case Study

-      Dr Edward Lehman

 (Managing Director, Lehman, Lee & Xu Law Firm, China)

-      Dr. Tian Li

 (Assistat Professor at the Law School, Shandong University, China)

-      Dr. Aleksei Bykov

(Associate Professor, Department of International Journalism, Graduate School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Head of Master's Degree Program "International Journalism", St. Petersburg State University)

-      Prof. Dr Sanoj Rajan

(Distinguished Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China Affiliate, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), Harvard University, USA)

3. Commentary

-      Dr Syed Mahmud Ali

(Associate Fellow, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya)

-      Dr Julia Roknifard

(Assistant Professor, School of Politics, History and International Relations (PHI), University of Nottingham Malaysia)

-      Mr. Howard Chales Huxter

(English Teacher at Beijing Normal University - Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College)

-      Dr Wu Wenyang

(Distinguished Research Fellow, Global Governance Institution)

4. Q&A Time

5. Closing Remarks by Retd. Captain Tian Shichen (Founder & President, Global Governance Institution)

Timeline

00:00:10 Introduction

00:02:20 Dr Edward Lehman

00:14:40 Dr Tian Li

00:25:02 Dr Aleksei Bykov

00:35:09 Prof. Dr Sanoj Rajan

00:48:31 Dr Syed Mahmud Ali

00:54:17 Dr Julia Roknifard

01:11:50 Mr. Howard Chales Huxter

01:16:36 Dr Wu Wenyang

01:20:26 Q&A Time

01:32:16 Closing Remarks by Captain Tian

01:36:39 Ending 

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Introduction

Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution.

On December 9 and 10. The U.S. President Biden convened a virtual “Summit for Democracy” to show the U.S. leadership. While which countries were invited reflects American politics more than democratic values, It is no secret that the United States seeks to build a global coalition of democracies to counter China. In addition to State actors, NGOs are not wasting this opportunity to raise theirs profiles. UK lawyer Sir Geoffrey Nice QC delivered the Uyghur Tribunal’s judgment on December 9th. Is this a mere coincidence or a well-coordinated and concerted effort of the West to disrupt and contain the rise of China under the umbrella of the Summit for Democracy? How much will the big power competition play up for Biden’s summit for democracy？What do different countries, regions and NGOs make of the summit? Is Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy all that democratic?

To answer all those and other related questions, in collaboration with the CNIA, Center for New Inclusive Asia, a Malaysia-based Think Tank, the Global Governance Institution hold a virtual international event on Democracy, Human Rights and Big Power Competition whereby we invited a great group of serious international scholars to join us for an answer.

I divided this event into two episodes. The first episode deals with the Geopolitical approach to the Summit. The second episode will analyze the legal approach of the Summit for Democracy by taking the Uyghur Tribunal’s judgement as an example. Now let’s listen to the first part of the conversation with a group of serious scholars.

Agenda (Session 1)

Moderator:

• Mr. Xu Qinduo (Distinguished Research Fellow, Centre for New Inclusive Asia)

0. Welcome Address by Mr. Koh King Kee (President, Centre for New Inclusive Asia, Malaysia)

1. Geopolitical Approach to Human Rights, Democracy and Big Power Competition

1.1  Human Rights, Democracy, and Big Power Competition — EU and Russian Perspectives

• Dr Gal Luft

 (Co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, Washington, USA Professor at Ostim Technical University, Turkey)

1.2  Democracy, Middle-Power Muslim Countries and Big Power Competition — ASEAN and Muslim Perspectives 

• Dr. Chandra Muzaffar

 (President of the International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Malaysia Admiral)

• Prof. Jayanath Colombage

(Director General, Institute of National Security, Sri Lanka)

Timeline

00:19 Introduction

04:00 Welcome Address by Mr. Koh King Kee

11:39 Dr Gal Luft

24:48 Dr. Chandra Muzaffar

39:40 Prof. Jayanath Colombage

47:15 Ending

For more information about Global Governance Institution and the transcript of this episode, visit www.gginstitution.org and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

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Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am retired Captain Andy TIAN, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution. In this episode, we will share two presentations by Captain TIAN on two separate topics.

The first section deals with the tracking technology in the South China Sea, which is a topic of the 8th session of the THE 13TH SOUTH CHINA SEA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE held by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam on 19th November. The past few years saw rapid advancement and popularization of sophisticated tracking and remote sensing technologies, opening new frontiers in maritime domain and situational awareness, particularly in the South China Sea. As its two co-panelists from U.S. and Vietnam challenges China’s maritime militias and scientific survey ships in the South China Sea with reports based on data acquired by using advanced tracking technologies, how will Captain TIAN respond? With a presentation entitled Machete Effect of Transparency through Tracking Technologies, Captain TIAN presented his opinion about how to make the best use of maritime tracking technologies.

The second section is an intervention made by Captain TIAN during the Fourteenth Session of the Forum on Minority Issues held by UN Human Rights Council between 2nd and 3rd December 2021. Captain TIAN introduced China’s practice in protecting its ethnic minorities to the international audience.

Timeline

00:19 Introduction

01:44 Section 1 - Making the Best Use of Maritime Tracking Technologies

07:39 Section 1 – Q&A Time

14:55 Section 2 - China’s Practice in Protecting Its Ethnic Minorities

17:38 Ending

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Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution. I am Andy TIAN, a retired Captain from China, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution. In this episode, we will share a presentation by Captain TIAN on the newly released China’s Coast Guard Law. The presentation was delivered on a workshop on Maritime Security Governance: The Role of Security Actors in East Asia, which was hosted by the Asia-Pacific Unit of the DCAF, the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance. 

The new China Coast Guard law was passed on January 22nd, 2021, and came into force on February 1st 2021. Although a seemingly same standard operating procedure as with any other Chinese national legislation, the release of the new CCG law raised many concerns among neighboring countries who have maritime disputes with China and as well maritime powers who have interests in this region. Those concerns include, inter alia:

• Did China enact such a law to institutionally consolidate its “assertive/aggressive” approach in handling maritime disputes with its neighbors? 
• Since the CCG is incorporated into the People’s Armed Police, which is under the leadership of the Central Military Committee, whether the CCG vessels have turned into warships? Would the New CCG law empower the Chinese Coast Guard to use actual ‘military force’ against foreign vessels?
• Will CCG enforce law in disputed maritime areas, including through use of force? Whether China will push or expand its claims on disputed islands or maritime areas through forcible law enforcement actions carried out by the CCG, which is now under military command?

To answer those and other concerns surrounding the new China Coast Guard law, please tune in to this episode of Global Governance Perspective given by retired Captain TIAN.

Timeline

00:50 Introduction and Concerns of the China Coast Guard

02:44 Timing and Incentive to Enact New CCG Law

11:10 Incorporation of CCG into Military Command and its Legal State

16:42 Legal Categorization of Forcible Actions at Sea Law Enforcement vs. Use of Force

24:35 Scope of Application and Enforcing Jurisdiction against Foreign Vessels in Disputed Waters

31:31 Enforcing Jurisdiction over Non-sovereign Immune Vessels and Observance of International Obligations

36:44 Conclusion

41:00 Q&A Time for Captain TIAN (by Professor Jay Tarriela, Professor Kentaro Furuya and Commander Sato Koki)

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Welcome to the Global Governance Perspective, a podcast presented by the Global Governance Institution, where we pool together international expertise to contribute to global governance. I am Andy TIAN, a retired Captain from China, the Founder and President of the Global Governance Institution. This is our very first episode. 

Given the rising number of allegations of Genocide in recent years, for instance in Sudan, Burma, Iraq, China, as well as the sharply different opinions either for or against those allegations, it is more than timely to kick off this debut episode on Genocide in international law. What are the international benchmarks for constituting the crime of genocide in international law? Why are there sharply different views in its application? To answer those questions and concerns, we are very glad to welcome Professor William Schabas, who teaches International Law at Middlesex University of UK，Leiden University of Netherlands, and the National University of Ireland Galway.

Professor William Schabas is the author of a number of books on public international law, including a very authoritative monograph entitled “Genocide in International Law: the Crime of Crimes”. In this book, he gave a comprehensive analysis of the history and application of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. He is one of the best experts in this area to share perspectives with us.

00:50 Introduction

03:10 The Origin of the Crime of Genocide

07:23 The Material and Mental Elements of the Crime of Genocide

13:54 The Disagreements on Xinjiang Situation

20:13 The Credibility of the Government/NGO Reports (U.S. State Department, Newlines, APSI, etc.) and Individual Paper (Adrian Zenz)

24:08 The Accountability by Western Countries for Human Rights Abuses

29:35 The Applicability of Logic of Rohingya Case in Rodney Dixon's New Submission to ICC

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