PAST EVENT – Asia – Europe Policy Panel: From Globalisation to Economic Security: Asia – Europe Perspectives

INVITATION
IN-PERSON EVENT

Panel Discussion

From Globalisation to Economic Security
Asia – Europe Perspectives

Date: Monday, 11 May 2026
Time: 16:00 – 18:00 CEST
Venue: EIAS, rue de la Loi 26, 10th Floor, B-1040 Brussels
*Followed by Networking Reception

Dear Sir/Madam/X, 

The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) hosted an expert panel discussion under the ASEF Lecture Series, entitled “From Globalisation to Economic Security: Asia–Europe Perspectives.”

This Panel Discussion and exchange of views took place on Monday, 11 May 2026, from 16:00 to 18:00, at the EIAS office, Rue de la Loi 26, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium. The panel featured high-level representatives from diplomacy, European security policy, academia, and the private sector, including the Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, alongside experts from the European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Temasek Singapore, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), and the European Policy Centre (EPC).

The global economy is undergoing significant structural transformation. Globalisation is increasingly influenced by geopolitical tensions, economic security concerns, supply-chain disruptions, strategic competition and systemic rivalry. Against this backdrop, this Asia-Europe Policy Panel in Brussels aimed at facilitating a forward-looking and policy-oriented exchange between European and Asian stakeholders.

Programme

16:00 – 16:05   Welcome Remarks

• Amb. Beata Stoczynska, Executive Director, Asia – Europe Foundation (ASEF)

16:05 – 16:15   Opening Speech

• Kathleen van Brempt, Member of European Parliament, Vice-Chair Committee on International Trade (INTA)

16:05 – 17:30  Panel Discussion

• H.E. Jaime Victor B. LEDDA, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the European Union
• Dr. Steven EVERTS, Director, European Institute for Security Studies
• Dr. Otilia DHAND, Director, Brussels Office, Temasek, Singapore
• Dr. Joel NG, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University of Singapore

Moderator: Pawel ŚWIEBODA, Co-Director of the Brussels Economic Security Forum, European Policy Centre (EPC)

17:30 – 18:00   Q&A Session

Moderator: Pawel ŚWIEBODA, Co-Director of the Brussels Economic Security Forum, European Policy Centre (EPC)

18:00 – 18:05   Closing Remarks

• Ivo SCHUTTE, Head of Division Asia Regional & Indo Pacific European External Action Service, ASEM/ASEF Governor for the EU

18:05 – 19:00   Networking Reception

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