Seminar
Lecturer: Dr. habil. Peter Gärtner
Time: Monday, 17.15 – 18.45
Place: NSG, S122
Examination: Essay
Description:
The rise of China and the comeback of Russia have caused a tectonic change in the modern World-System. Together with Brazil, India and South Africa they are forming the BRICS, a new group of emerging powers. The BRICS members are all developing or newly industrialised countries, but they are distinguished by their large, fast-growing economies and significant influence on regional and global affairs. As a club of new rising powers, representing a different variety of capitalism, they challenge the dominance of the West. The course seeks to analyse the following questions: What are the fundaments of the Western World Order? How has the international scenario changed with the presence of the BRICS? Could China and Russia eclipse the power of the West? What are their strategies? And how the West is reacting against this challange? The regional crises and conflicts in the Middle East, in the Ukraine and in the South Chinese Sea are part of our analysis and discussion. Attention is also paid to Latin America.
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