About
Yves Tiberghien (Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002; Harvard Academy Scholar 2006; Fulbright Scholar 1996) is a Professor of Political Science and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. He is also the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research and Director of the Center for Japanese Research at UBC.
Yves is a Visiting Professor at the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (National Tsinghua University, Taiwan) and an adjunct Chair Professor, International Doctoral Program in Asia-Pacific Studies (IDAS), National Chengchi University in Taipei.
Yves is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada and a Senior Fellow at the University of Alberta’s China Institute. He is an International Steering Committee Member at Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) and a visiting professor at Sciences Po Paris. He has held other visiting positions at Tokyo University, GRIPS (Tokyo), and the Jakarta School of Public Policy (Indonesia).
In November 2017, he was made a Chevalier de l’ordre national du mérite by the French President.
His research focuses on the comparative political economy of East Asia and on global economic and environmental governance. His latest book is The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox (2021. Cambridge University Press, with post-2021 updates found here), to be soon followed by a second one, titled East Asia’s COVID Responses: Long-Term Lessons.
He is working on three other books, respectively titled The Hedgers: the Global South in A Transactional World (with Zaki Laidi), Up for Grabs: Disruption, Competition, and the Remaking of the Global Order and Navigating the Age of Disruption: Options in a Shifting Global Order. He is also leading a research project on the political economy of the twin industrial revolutions (digital/AI and green tech).
His previous books include Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea (2007, Cornell University Press); L’Asie et le futur du monde (2012, Paris: Science Po Press); and Leadership in Global Institution-Building: Minerva’s Rule (2013, edited volume, Palgrave McMillan). In 2020, he edited an online collection of papers on Japan’s leadership in the Liberal International Order.
In 2023, he co-edited an online collection of short papers on the political economy of the twin industrial revolutions (AI and green tech) in Japan and East Asia. He has published articles and book chapters on the political economy of Japan and China, global governance, global climate change politics, and the governance of agricultural biotechnology.
Dr. Tiberghien co-founded the Vision 20 initiative in 2015, a new coalition of global scholars and policy-makers aiming at providing a long-term perspective on the challenges of global economic and environmental governance.
Teaching
Publications
Only refereed publications are listed here. For a complete list, please visit Yves Tiberghien’s web page.
Significant publications
Miranda Schreurs and Yves Tiberghien (2007). “Multi-Level Reinforcement: Explaining European Union Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation”. Global Environmental Politics, 7 (4), 19-46.
Tiberghien, Y. (2007). Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea. Cornell University Press: Ithaca and London. A volume in the series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy edited by Peter J. Katzenstein. Cornell University Press: Ithaca and London.
Tiberghien, Y. (2009). “Competitive Governance and the Quest for Legitimacy in the EU: the Battle over the Regulation of GMOs since the mid‐1990s.” Journal of European Integration, 31(3), 389–407.
Tiberghien, Yves and Miranda Schreurs (2010). “High Noon in Japan: Embedded Symbolism and post-2001 Kyoto Protocol Politics.” in Harrison, Kathryn and Lisa Sundstrom eds, Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change. Boston: MIT Press. Pp. 139-168.
Schreurs, M. A., & Tiberghien, Y. (2010). European union leadership in climate change: Mitigation through multilevel reinforcement. In Global Commons Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change (pp. 23-66). The MIT Press.
Allan, J. I., Roger, C. B., Hale, T. N., Bernstein, S., Tiberghien, Y., & Balme, R. (2021). “Making the Paris Agreement: Historical Processes and the Drivers of Institutional Design.” Political Studies, 71(3), 914-934.
Tiberghien, Yves (2014). “Thirty Years of Neo-Liberal Reforms in Japan” in S. Lechevalier (ed.) The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism, London: Routledge. February. Pp. 26-55.
Tiberghien, Yves (August 2021). The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox. Element Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pascale Massot and Yves Tiberghien (September 2024). “A Wave of Indo-Pacific Strategies and Canada’s Positioning: Reckoning with Global Power Rebalancing and the Crisis of Hyperglobalization” in Papers in Political Economy. Issue 72/2024.
Books
Latest Book: Tiberghien, Y. (August 2021). The East Asian Covid-19 Paradox (Elements in Politics and Society in East Asia). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2007. Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea. Cornell Studies in Political Economy (directed by Peter Katzenstein). Ithaca and London : Cornell University Press.
Tiberghien, Yves. In press, August 2012. L’Asie, le G20, et le future du Monde. Paris: Presses de Science Po. Collection Nouveaux Debats. [Book cover here]
Tiberghien, Yves, ed. 2013. Leadership in Global Institution Building: Minerva’s Rule. Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics Series. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave McMillan. 301 pages.
- Chapter 1 (Yves Tiberghien): “Introduction: Minervian Actors and the Paradox of Post-1995 Global Institution Building” (pp. 1-22)
- Chapter 2 (Yves Tiberghien): “Varieties of Minervians: Scorecards and Patterns” (pp. 25-32)
- Chapter 15 (Yves Tiberghien): “Successes and Limits of the Minervian Moment” (pp. 260-269)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108973533
Books in progress
The Global Battle over the Governance of Genetically-Engineered Food (status: Submitted for review)
China’s Role in Global Governance: G20, Climate Change, and Food Security (status: Submitted for review)
East Asia’s COVID Responses: Long-Term Lessons.
The Hedgers: the Global South in A Transactional World (with Zaki Laidi).
Up for Grabs: Disruption, Competition, and the Remaking of the Global Order
Navigating the Age of Disruption: Options in a Shifting Global Order
Recently published journal articles
Tiberghien, Yves. 2017. “Fostering Bold and Innovative Ideas for Urgent Global Challenges: The V20 Contribution to the G20 during the China-German Transition.” Global Summitry: Politics, Economics and Law in International Governance. Oxford University Press. Vol. 3, No. 1. Pp. 1-18.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2014. “An Uncertain World: Rising Powers, Systemic Risk, and the Role of Institutions and Entrepreneurship: a Response to Brantly Womack’s ‘China’s Future in a Multinodal Order.” Pacific Affairs. Volume 87, No. 2. June 2014. Pp. 285-293.
Tiberghien, Yves and Niall Dugan. 2013 “Existing and Emerging Powers in the G20: the Case of East Asia.” Asien, the German Journal on Contemporary Asia. July (No 128). Pp 28-44.
Tiberghien, Yves and Hongcai Xu. 2013. “The G20’s Role in the Reform of the International Monetary System: Present Record, Potential, and Scenarios.” Global Summitry Journal. Vol1. Issue 1. June.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2011. “La Chine face au grand jeu du G20 et de la gouvernance mondiale.” Revue Internationale de Politique Comparee. 18, no. 3: 95-122.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2010. “The Puzzling 2010 Diaoyutai/Senkaku Crisis:Centrifugal Domestic Politics, Shifting Balance of Power, and Weak Regional Institutionalization.” Harvard Asia Quarterly. Special Issue on Maritime Asia. Harvard University: Harvard Asia Center. Winter 2010. Volume XII, No. 3 & 4. Pp 70-78.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2011. “The political Consequences of Inequality in Japan.” Journal of Social Science (『社会科学研究』) 62, no. 1 (February): 77-99.
Tiberghien, Yves. 2009. “Transitional Competitive Governance and Agenda-Setting in the EU: the Battle over the Regulation of GMOs since the mid-1990s.” Journal of European Integration. 31. 3 (May): 389-407.
Tiberghien, Yves and Miranda Schreurs. 2007. “High Noon in Japan: Kyoto Protocol Politics and the Power of a Symbol.” Global Environmental Politics. 7.4 (November): 70 – 91.
Schreurs , Miranda and Yves Tiberghien. 2007. “Multi-Level: Explaining European Union Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation.” Global Environmental Politics. 7.4 (November): 19 – 46.
Selected recent articles, podcasts, and major educational engagements
February 19, 2025. Podcast: “Japon: Genre, Immigration et Alliances sous Trump 2.0.”Observatoire des droits de la personne, Universite de Montreal (CERIUM).
February 10, 2025. Podcast: “Shaking the Global Order Season 3, Ep 1: An Interview with Yves Tiberghien.” Global Summitry Project.
January 7, 2025. “Bracing for Hurricane Trump in 2025.” East Asia Forum: Australian National University, Canberra.
December 12, 2024. “Power Struggles and Polarization Plunge South Korea into Crisis”, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Dispatch Report, with Sun Ryung Park.
November 26, 2024. Author, “Key Points and Takeaways.” Report from the conference organized by the Taipei School of Economics Foundation and the Harvard Kennedy School and titled Asia Visions and Voices: Geopolitical Consequences of US-China Tensions (October 11-12, 2024, in Taipei).
November 22, 2024. Contributor (Chapter 2 on “Key Takeaways and Chapter 13 on economic security) to the report from the high-level US-China Dialogue on the Global Economic Order edited by CSIS (Washington DC) and titled: Managing U.S.-China Tensions over the Global Economic Order: Tentative Proposals.
September 28, 2024: A Podcast with Yves Tiberghien on the state of the US-China relationship: ‘Shaking the Global Order’, Season 2, Ep.20 Parts 1 and 2 (direct link to podcast: https://globalsummitryproject.com/podcasts/)
September 4, 2024. “Lessons from the Frontline: The Burgeoning Security and Economic Race in the Indo-Pacific.”International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis.
July 9, 2024. Geopolitics is Accelerating in the Indo-Pacific: Seven Key Trends and Three Hot Spots. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Dispatch.
July 19, 2024. “The case for military spending, the ‘half-destroyed’ rules-based order and a dire warning for NZ.” Business Desk New Zealand. Interview with Dileepa Fonseka.
May 20, 2024. The Global Economy Is More Vulnerable Than It Seems, with Bertrand Badré, in Project Syndicate, Japan Times, Manila Times.
March 20, 2024. “Taiwan’s Democracy Has Shown Great Resilience in 2024,” with Chung-Min Tsai, Center for International Governance Innovation (as part of a series of studies by the CSDI at UBC)
March 19, 2024. “Asia ground zero in the revolution of electric vehicle markets,” with Mei Terasawa, in East Asia Forum
February 2024. “The Systemic Impact of the Twin Digital and Green Tech Revolutions in the Indo-Pacific: Toward a New Industrial Policy Race.” Editor (with Sun Ryung Park) of Working Papers Series, Center for Japanese Research, SPPGA, UBC.
February 3, 2024. “Taiwan’s democracy triumphs.” In East Asia Forum, with Chung-Min Tsai.
January 30, 2024. “Middle-Power Strategic Autonomy: The Surprising Tale of South Korea’s Grand Strategy.” Asia PolicyRoundtable. Vol 9. No. 1
January 25, 2024. Remarkable Political Resiliency in Taiwan: Implications from the January 13 Election. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Dispatch Article. With Chung-min Tsai.
March 2023. Faculty lead for indigenous-directed land restoration field trip
February 2023. Led UBC events with a group of Pacific indigenous leaders of ancestral sea-voyaging people
April 2019. Co-authored V20 Blue Paper, “Effective Multilateralism: 2019 VISION20-Brookings Blue Report.”
Graduate Supervision
PhD Students
Main supervisor
- Brent Sutton (2012-2019)
- Yingqiu Kuang (2014-2023)
- Sun Ryung Park (2017-2025)
Committee member
- Nathan Peng (2023-2023)
- Parker Li (2022-present)
- Cindy Robin (2022-present)
- Constant Courtin (2020-present)
- Trinh Nguyen – Information School (2023-present)
- Simon Beaudoin (2024-present)
- Biqi Yan – Carleton U (2024-2024)
- Lilit Klein (2024-2024)
MA Students
Main supervisor
- Murad Ahmed (2020-2021)
- Christina Song (2021-2023)
- Dustin Lo (2020-2022)
- Saima Islam (2022-2022)
- Sasha Lee (2022-2023)
- Mo Gasmi (2022-2023)
- Katherine Poole MA (2022-2023)
- Sasha Lee (2022-2023)
- Phil Granger (2022-2023)
- Samuel David (2025-2025)
Committee member
- Jennifer Fleming (2020-2021)
- Meghan Wise (2020-2021)
- Louis Zheng (2022-2022)
- Justin Yau (2022-2022)
- Carmen Wan (2023-2023)
Additional Titles
- Harvard Academy Scholar
- Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research, School of Public Policy/Institute of Asian Research, UBC
- Director of Center for Japanese Research, UBC
- Distinguished Fellow, Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada
- Canadian Chair on the PAFTAD International Steering Committee