Upcoming Events:
Global South Dialogue - Navigating the Geopolitics of BRICS: Perspectives from Southeast Asia | Wed 12 February, 1pm
This event will discuss why Southeast Asian states are interested in joining the BRICS, with a particular focus on Malaysia-China relations.
South Korea's Democracy at the Crossroads: Endemic Vulnerability or Democratic Resilience? | Mon 24 March, 6-7.30pm
Dr. Shin analyses the emergence of radical polarisation and populist elites in South Korea, and how this underpinned President Yoon Suk Yeol’s political rise and demise.
Anthony D Smith Visiting Fellow Talk | Tue 18 February, 5.30pm
The Anthony D. Smith Fellowship Seminar will be given by the 2024 Fellow, Timo Aava, on ‘From an Empire to a Nation-State. Minority Rights in Estonia in the First Half of the 20th Century'.
The UN at 80: does the world still need the UN? | Thurs 27 Feb, 6.30-8pm
In a volatile world of renewed Great Power Competition, what is the role and future of the United Nations? Can the organisation and its associated institutions be effective against the backdrop of U.S.-China competition, war in Ukraine, growing economic nationalism and tensions in the Middle-East and East Asia? Is the future of the UN dependent on a single international order? Can it operate if consensus on the nature of that order frays? Is there scope for UN reform, and if so, what could that look like?