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    WORLD POLITICS: DEMOCRACY, LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY

    WORLD POLITICS: DEMOCRACY, LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY

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    Historic challenges are now evolving in world politics. They include new ideological conflicts between democracy, autocracy, and theocracies — and involve America, China, Russia, Iran, Jihadists, etc. How will this impact on the global balance of power? Are today’s leaders (Biden, Xi Jing Ping, Putin and others) able to meet these challenges?  If not them, who? Is there a crisis of leadership? In addition, new technologies (the social media, artificial intelligence, robots, drones, energy, etc.) are changing the nature of society, war, finance, human behavior. Taken collectively, is this a major world revolution? Will a new hostile divide - hi tec vs low tech - emerge or can everyone benefit? How will nations cope, especially nations of the “global south” - in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Asia? This course will focus on these and other issues in the context of current world affairs.
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    About the lecturer(s)

    Ralph Buultjens

    Ralph Buultjens, former Senior Professor at NYU and Nehru Professor at Cambridge University (UK), is also the author of several books on international politics/history and a regular commentator on television. In addition, he has received several awards (including the Toynbee Prize) and international honors for excellence in teaching and scholarship.

    Lecture Details

    Sessions
    3 lecture(s)
    Day & Time
    Wednesday, 10:30am - 12:00pm
    Date(s)
    Nov 29, 2023
    Dec 06, 2023
    Dec 13, 2023