Event Details
ABSTRACT
With the United States’ superpower status rivalled by a rising China and emerging powers like India and Brazil playing a growing role in international affairs, the global balance of power is shifting. But what does this mean for the future of the international order? Will China dominate the 21st Century? Will the so-called BRICS prove to be a disruptive force in global affairs? Are we headed towards a world marked by frequent strife, or will the end of Western dominance make the world more peaceful? Our understanding of global order and predictions about its future are limited because we seek to imagine the post-Western world from a parochial Western-centric perspective. Such a view is increasingly inadequate in a world where a billions of people regard Western rule as a temporary aberration, and the rise of Asia as a return to normalcy. In reality, China and other rising powers that elude the simplistic extremes of either confronting or joining existing order are quietly building a “parallel order” which complements today’s international institutions and increases rising powers’ autonomy.
SPEAKER
Dr. Oliver Stuenkel
International Relations
Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), São Paulo
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Oliver Stuenkel is an associate professor of International Relations at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in São Paulo, where he coordinates the São Paulo branch of the School of History and Social Science and the executive program in International Relations. He is also a non-resident Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin and a columnist for EL PAÍS and Americas Quarterly. He is the author of the IBSA: The rise of the Global South? (Routledge 2014), BRICS and the Future of Global Order (Lexington, 2015) and the Post-Western World (Polity, 2016). Both BRICS and the Future of Global Order (金砖国家与全球秩序的未来, by Shanghai People’s Press) and Post-Western World (中国之治终结西方时代, by Beijing Mediatime) have been published in Chinese in 2017.
Date/Time 19/04/2018 16:30-18:00
Venue Room 9.66, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU, Pokfulam
Language English
Department of Politics and Public Administration for HKU and Public
Event Type: Public Lecture/Forum/Seminar/Workshop/Conference/Symposium
Event Nature: Law and Politics
Registration is open from 09/04/2018 09:30(HKT) to 19/04/2018 15:00(HKT) on a first-come-first-served basis. The registration quota for this event is 70. Registrants will be placed on a waiting list if the registration quota is reached.
