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CIPOD organises a talk by Andrew F. Cooper

CIPOD organises a talk by Andrew F. Cooper

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School of International Studies

Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament

 

Cordially invites you to

A Talk on

 

The Global South and Informal Practices: Ambivalent Responses to Hub and Parallel Summits 

 

Andrew F. Cooper

(Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada)

 

Friday, 25 January 2019

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Room No. 349, School of International Studies (SIS – II)

 

Abstract

This presentation argues that the Global South has an enhanced – albeit selective – agency in terms of informal practices. Most notably, the 21st  century has opened up for key big “rising” states – India, as well as China, Brazil, and South Africa – to belong to both hub (the G20) and parallel (the BRICS) summits. Yet, despite these forms of informality offering unprecedented (and unanticipated, until the financial crisis of 2008) the Global South countries have been ambivalent about the embrace of these summits in general, and cautious or even resistant about making a choice between the types of summit. By looking back at the Bandung conference and other historical experiences, the presentation contextualizes these sources of ambivalence. But it also looks at the forward–looking impact of this approach.

Andrew F. Cooper is Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs and the Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, Canada. From 2003 to 2010 he was the Associate Director and Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Holding a D.Phil. from Oxford University, he is the author./co-author of 11 books, including most recently BRICS VSI (OUP, 2016); Diplomatic Afterlives (Polity, 2014);The Group of Twenty (G20) (Routledge, 2012, with Ramesh Thakur); and Celebrity Diplomacy (Paradigm, 2007); He is also the editor/co-editor of 22 collections most recently the Oxford Handbook of Diplomacy (Oxford University Press, 2013), and Rising States, Rising Institutions: Challenges for Global Governance (Brookings, 2010). His scholarly publications have appeared in a number of prestigious journals such as International Organization, International Affairs, World Development, and Review of International Studies. His work has been profiled via ABC Good Morning America, The Independent, The Guardian, Times of India, China Daily, and the Washington Diplomat.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.