20.08.2024
Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures with the Australian High Commission, recently hosted Dr Darren Lim, a leading expert in economic security (including economic coercion, technology competition, and industrial policy), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and Australian foreign policy.
Lecture description
Technology is widely discussed as being part of geopolitical rivalry, but often with insufficient understanding of the why and the how. This presentation will trace the roots of the concept of geopolitics and explain how technology is arguably the central terrain of geopolitics in the 21st century. As more and more domains of technology and economic activity are perceived as affecting national security, there is a need for businesses, governments, and communities to improve their understanding of these links to navigate an increasingly complex and politically charged policy landscape.
About the speaker
Dr Darren Lim (picured) is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University. He researches and teaches in the field of international relations, at the intersection of international political economy, international security, and global governance. His major research interests focus on economic security (including economic coercion, technology competition, and industrial policy), grand strategy in the context of power transitions and international order, and Australian foreign policy.
Dr Lim regularly advises governments and the private sector on questions of economic security, focusing on how to navigate an increasingly complex international economic landscape that is being reshaped by geopolitics, national security, and economic nationalism.
Dr Lim also hosts a podcast on Australian foreign policy called Australia in the World that counts Australia’s foreign minister and many senior officials among its regular listenership.
