This is a past event
Part of PIR Seminar Series 2016-17
Professor Christopher Coker (London School of Economics) will talk on the topic 'The rise of the civilisational state and the unmaking of world order' at the Department of Politics and International Relations Seminar Series Monday 24th October 2016, 2.00–3.30pm Room: F61 EWB Abstract of talk:
China and Russia now claim to be 'civilisational states'. As such they do not feel bound by the norms or even rules of the international order. The West as a 'political civilisation' in Donald Tusk's words feels equally bound to enforce the rules. As a result the post Westphalian state system which we take for granted may soon unravel. How seriously should we take this prospect and what might take the place of the present world order?
Bio: Christopher Coker is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is the author of many books, among them Rebooting Clausewitz (forthcoming), Future War (2015), The Improbable War: China, the United States, and the Logic of Great Power Conflict (2015), Globalisation and Insecurity in the Twenty-First Century: NATO and the Management of Risk (2014), Men At War: What Fiction Tells us about Conflict, from the Iliad to Catch-22 (2014), Can War be Eliminated (2014). His next book in 2018 is likely to have the same title as today’s talk.
All Welcome! Biscuits will be provided, please bring your own cup of tea/coffee!
The session will be chaired by Dr Andrea Oelsner.
- Speaker
- Professor Christopher Coker
- Hosted by
- Department of Politics & International Relations
- Venue
- F61, Edward Wright Building, University of Aberdeen
- Contact
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Hosted by Dr David Toke, Reader, Department of Politics & International Relations.