Programme

GIGA Global Transitions Conference – Negotiating the Future: Visions of Global Order
3 December 2015
Registration: 0845-0915
Welcome and Introduction : 0915-0930
Panel 1: 0930-1100
Historic Clashes and Negotiated Order: Comparative, Historical, and Practitioner Perspectives
Speakers:
Professor Laurence Whitehead, University of Oxford (Comparative perspective)
Professor Sir Adam Roberts, University of Oxford (Historical perspective)
Dr Thomas Bagger, Policy Planning Staff, Federal Foreign Office (Practitioner perspective)
Professor Amrita Narlikar, GIGA, (Chair)
Panel 2: 1130-1300
The Established Powers: US and EU
Speakers:
Professor Dan Drezner, Tufts University (Topic: US)
Professor Michael Zuern, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (Topic: EU)
Dr Hartmut Mayer, University of Oxford (Discussant)
Panel 3: 1400-1530
Democratic Rising Powers: Brazil and India
Speakers:
Professor Amrita Narlikar, GIGA (Topic: India)
Braz Baracuhy, Itamaraty (Topic: Brazil)
Professor Juergen Rueland, University of Freiburg (Discussant)
Panel 4: 1600-1730
Non-Democratic Rising Powers: Russia and China
Speakers:
Professor Neil MacFarlane, University of Oxford (Topic: Russia)
Professor Alastair Iain Johnston, Harvard University (Topic: China)
Philip Stephens, Financial Times (Discussant)
4 December 2015
Panel 5: 1000-1130
“Pivotal States”: Germany and South Africa
Speakers:
Dr Christian von Soest, GIGA (Topic: South Africa)
Staatsrat Wolfgang Schmidt, Hamburg State Chancellery (Topic: Germany)
Discussant: Professor Robert Kappel, GIGA
Panel 6: 1200-1330
Changing Context and Constraints: “Rogue States”, Fragile States
Professor Henner Fuertig, GIGA (Topic: “Rogue States”)
Professor Thomas Risse, Freie Universität Berlin (Topic: Fragile States)
Professor Andreas Mehler, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, University of Freiburg (Discussant)
Authors’ Round Table (presenters and discussants only): 1430-1600