In-Person Book Talk – The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West

You’re invited to join Amitav Acharya, UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at the School of International Service at American University, for an in-person discussion on his book The Once and Future World Order: Why Global Civilization Will Survive the Decline of the West. The discussion will be moderated by Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations.

This event will be recorded. Light catering will be provided.

This event is co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Abstract

This talk will focus on Acharya’s new book offering a 5,000-year history of world ordering, encompassing Asia, Africa, the Islamic world, the Mediterranean, the Americas, Europe and the US-led “West.” It will cover three questions: First, whether, to what extent,  and how world order can be viewed as a “shared creation,” rather than a Western monopoly? Second, will the end of Western dominance be a “good thing” for world order, and if so, how? Third, what might be the shape of the “next” world order: multipolarity, bipolarity, revival of US hegemony, a world order of regions, or a “multiplex” world? Acharya also reflects on the reactions to his book worldwide and assesses recent developments, such as the further erosion of the liberal international order and the future of multilateralism in a “world-minus-one.”

Event Details

This event is open to Harvard ID holders only and registration is required. The event will be recorded.

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