As an invited speaker, Professor Dragana Mitrović, Director of IAS, participated in the international and interdisciplinary scientific conference: “The Rise of Asia 2021”, held from 10 to 12 February 2021, organised by Université Le Havre Normandie. Professor Mitrovic was the co-chair of the BRICS-G2 session and a speaker at the New Globalism in a Post-Covid World session with the topic on BRI and the Tech-war in the Covid and post-Covid world. Professor Mitrović was also a member of the conference’s scientific committee.