Preparing the Next Decade: Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics
Report
of Guest Lecture
Preparing
the Next Decade: Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics
by
Prof.
D Suba Chandran
The interactive session started
with the lighting of the lamp and the choir seeking the blessings of the
almighty. This was followed by the introduction of the guest speaker and
acknowledging his renowned presence with all of us. And an opening speech by the head of the
cluster Dr. Chaitanya Pradeep,He made us aware about why and what are the
issues that we have come together to discuss.
The guest lecture by
Prof. D Suba Chandran Dean at the School of Conflict and Security Studies,
National institute of Advanced studies(NIAS) titled “Preparing the Next Decade:
Contemporary Challenges in Global Politics”was organized by Political Science and
Historycluster of the BGR Campus on the 10th of Nov 2017 from
1:30-3:30pm in mini-auditorium. The lecture was an eye opener for the audience
regarding the field of International Relations. His highly simplified language
and an appreciative amount of interpersonal communication turned out to be a
great motivation for the students to pursue the field
The session started
with the mind mapping of generalized contemporary issues in the global
scenario. Certain areas such as
hostility amongst countries and the prominence that the youth associated with
technology were few things that turned out to be out of his expert purview. The
discussion primarily revolved around speculations of the future global
positioning of countries and the relative shift of trends in International
Relations to adjust to the changes. The U.S.A and the PRC were the most
important subjects discussed in the session. The facts presented clearly
provided us with the perspective that economic progress was the key determinant
of balance of power in the future.
A logical explanation
of why the U.S.A will remain a superpower and will not wither to being just
another former superpower in the near foreseeable future was given. The
illusion that military power was the primary determinant in assessing a
countries power was shattered. The PRC on the other hand has belittled all the
former experts in the field by developing in rates that history has witnessed
and shows no interest in slowing down their progress. As for disputes relating
to PRC, the non-adherence to the ruling provided by the International Court of
Justice on South China Sea was given as an example as to how PRC has become a
giant that can’t be controlled and how it determines its own terms form
negotiations.
Prof. Suba Chandran,
strongly believes that demography and related fields will be a major
determinant of influencing the future power owned by countries. The countries
that have an extremely large proportion of youth population surprisingly also
happen to be the places with utmost instability. The current developed
countries will experience an outage of skilled labourand will be dependent on
the manpower of the rest of the world for fulfillment of primary needs. An
important take away is the unpredictability of trends in International
Relations. What might be an impoverished and threatless country today can one
day be a global superpower and the current developed countries might one day
have to be dependent on these countries for their very existence.
India on the other hand
is going to experience gradual growth and is in an extremely unhealthy position
of taking steps to manage its massive population. Its laws and reforms have
failed to keep up with global development of technology and require immediate
attention. Its relations with countries like Afghanistan and other parts and
the hope that the young bureaucrats bring with their courageousness will be a
key determinant of India’s foreign policy.Diplomatic answers to black and white
questions happened to be an inspiring element of the session.
The talk was followed
by question and answer session. Students from almost all the batches asked many
questions on various themes such as scope of higher education of International
relations studies in India, role of India’s soft power, threats of climate
change etc.
Vote of thanks was
given by Prof. vaishaliraghuvanshi and Dr. Chaitanya pradeep presented the
token of appreciation to the guest at the end.
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