Join our ESSEC & Mannheim EMBA - Asia Pacific Masterclass – Southeast Asia Business Geopolitics in the age of US-China Rivalry by Professor Cédomir Nestorovic
Date: 5 November 2025, Wednesday
Venue: (In-person) ESSEC APAC campus, 5 Nepal Park. See directions here
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm
Registration will start from 6:30pm
Does Asia want to shape the rules, or be the board on which others play?
Southeast Asia is no longer a passive backdrop to great-power competition. It is the central arena where the defining strategic rivalry of the 21st century between the United States and China is playing out in real time. Yet behind the headlines and zero-sum narratives lies a deeper question for the region: does it see itself as a proactive architect of the emerging global order, setting the terms of innovation, trade, and security? Or will it settle for being the stage on which outside powers maneuver for influence, markets, and dominance?
Southeast Asia is no longer a passive backdrop to great-power competition. It is the central arena where the defining strategic rivalry of the 21st century between the United States and China is playing out in real time. Yet behind the headlines and zero-sum narratives lies a deeper question for the region: does it see itself as a proactive architect of the emerging global order, setting the terms of innovation, trade, and security? Or will it settle for being the stage on which outside powers maneuver for influence, markets, and dominance?
This masterclass is an invitation for future EMBA leaders to experience how the ESSEC & Mannheim EMBA program equips them to think beyond the surface of geopolitical tensions and actively shape Southeast Asia’s future.
Agenda
6:30 pm - Registrations
7:00 pm - Welcome remarks
7:00 pm - Welcome remarks
7:05 - 8:00 - Masterclass on Southeast Asia Business Geopolitics in the Age of US-China Rivalry
Followed by Q&A and networking cocktails
Presented by:
Professor Cédomir Nestorovic, Professor of Geopolitics, ESSEC APAC
