Please join us Friday, September 21st from 1:00 to 2:00PM for the next installment in the ongoing Friday Forum Series hosted by The Center for the Study of Global Issues (Globis), to be held in the 4th floor conference room of the Franklin House. This week's presentation is by SPIA Adjunct Professor of International Affairs and Associate Director of Globis-Europe, Dr. Carlo Pelanda. The talk, based on his new book, is entitled, "The Grand Alliance: The Global Integration of Democracies" An abstract follows:
"The system of world governance built on US dominance, the Dollar and the Western nature of international institutions is crumbling. The United States is still the single most powerful country in the world but it is now too "small" to maintain its role as global governor as it has done since 1945. The world has simply become too big to be governed by one power. Current trends show that divergent regional blocks and mega-nations are being formed. This will weaken the governance of the global economy and exacerbate its security problems, increasing the risk of destabilisation over the entire planet. A period of research has begun to identify international political architecture able to keep the world stable. This book is part of this research and recommends the future alliance of the world's great democracies: America, countries in the European Union, Russia,India and Japan. The gradual convergence of military and economic power within these nations will produce credible global governance based on Western and technical values. But to bring this about, the European Union will have to shift from its current passive role to become an active player in international relations."
Also, if anyone is interested in presenting a paper, thesis, prospectus, or dissertation, please contact Jon Polk at the e-mail address or phone number listed below.
Finally, please mark your calendars for Friday, September 28th, the next installment of the Globis Friday Forum, which will be a presentation by Njeri Marekia-Cleaveland, the African Program Specialist for the International Center for Democratic Governance at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government.
Globis is located in the historic Franklin House on the corner of Thomas St.
and Broad St. at the Northern edge of campus. Please e-mail jonpolk@uga.edu
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