Lecture three: Have civilisations ever met as equals?

Monday 3 December 2012, 18:00-20:00
Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Strand Building, Strand Campus

About the lecture series: The West in an Asian Century, Professor Dominique Moisi

Hosted by King’s Policy Institute and the Department of Political Economy as part of King’s work on European policy,  the lecture series will explore the geopolitical and cultural transformations shaping the world today and the profound challenges facing the ‘West’ in the 21st century. Does the West still exist in any meaningful sense? Do we now live in an Asian century? How can and should the ‘West’ respond? Will these developments lead to a new, stable world order or to a period of prolonged instability and chaos? These questions and others will be addressed over the  five evening lectures.

Professor Dominique Moisi is a founder and senior advisor at the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI), a professor at Institute d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po), and will be a Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London from 2012. He is also a regular contributor to BBC News, France 24, Foreign Affairs, Project Syndicate and the Financial Times. Professor Moisi’s highly acclaimed book, ‘The Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation and Hope are Reshaping the World’ was published in 2009.

All lectures in this series:1.  Introduction: Globalization and the West in a multipolar age

4.  What are the various strengths and weaknesses of a fragmented West? Are our values important, and if so why?
Wednesday 6 February 2013, 18:00-20:00
Council Room, Strand Building, Strand Campus

5.  Conclusion: Towards a reinvented and modest West?
Wednesday 6 March 2013, 18:00 -20:00
Council Room, Strand Building, Strand Campus

If you would like to attend, please RSVP to politicaleconomyevents@kcl.ac.uk stating which lectures in the series you would like to attend. For more information please click here.