CONFERENCE 2024
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
organized by
Nagasaki University, STAR Research Platform for Collective Survival in the Anthropocene (NURECSA),
Zayed University, and University of Rosario, FCPRRII
together with
International Political Science Association
Research Committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization (RC44) and
Research Committee on Climate Security and Planetary Politics (RC52)
on
Global Risks and Security Challenges
10 March 2024, 03:45 - 15:50 UTC (GMT) Universal Time,
at Nagasaki University, Rosario National University, and Online
Concept
Join us for an in-depth one-day online conference delving into intricate connections between global risks and contemporary security challenges. The conference will explore a wide spectrum of issues including, but not limited to, violent conflicts, terrorism, nuclear threats, climate change, geopolitics, and insights from the Global South. Resurgence of populist and authoritarian forms of political decision making, coronavirus crisis, floods in Bangladesh and Pakistan, wildfires in Chile and Australia, droughts in Somalia and Ethiopia, worldwide interlinked networks of terrorism and violence, and many other challenges, such as those emanating from the war in Ukraine and Gaza, all have underlined the effects such risks, disasters and conflicts have on the global community. Scientific research has increasingly come upon agreement that these many risk factors are often compounded and interconnected, and that such linkages aggravate their consequences. The aim of this conference, thus, is to identify some of the linkages between global risks and contemporary security challenges, and investigate their institutional and political contexts.
Program (* as of 24 February 2024)
* Convening times are in Japan Standard Time (JST). Double check your local time with JST shown below in bold. You can use this link to confirm your local times: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
To allow for flexibility, the sessions are organized according to the presenter's location, and therefore they may include presentations from different fields and areas. Original order of themes is indicated by the letter and number of the presentation, and the list of the themes can be found below the program. To follow multiple inter-linkages between individual papers, one should participate in several or all sessions.
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) and other times can be found here:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Opening Keynotes (03:45 - 03.55 UTC)
Dalila Gharbaoui (International Political Science Association, Research Committee 52, Secretary)
Radomir Compel (International Political Science Association, Research Committee 44, President)
16:45 - 16:55 NZ, 12:45 - 12:55 JP, 07:45 - 07:55 UAE, 04:45 - 04:55 FR, 00:45 - 00:55 ARG, 22:45 - 22:55 US-EST (3/9)
SESSION 1: Interconnected Global Risks: How we can prevent “Polycrisis”? (04:00-07:00 UTC)
Chair/Discussant: Fumihiko Yoshida (Nagasaki University, Japan)
Discussant: Radomir Compel (Nagasaki University,Japan), Kazuko Hikawa (Osaka Jogakuin University, Japan)
Global Risks and Interconnected Security
Dan Smith, Director, SIPRI, Sweden
Co-creation of the Sustainable Future based on the Linkage of the Earth-human System
Makoto Taniguchi, Deputy Director, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
17:00 - 20:00 NZ, 13:00 - 16:00 JP, 08:00 - 11:00 UAE, 05:00 - 08:00 FR, 01:00 - 04:00 ARG, 01:00 - 03:00 US-EST
SESSION 2: Facing Multiple Risks: Climate, AI, Finance, Energy Resources and New Roles for the Global South (10:00-11:30 UTC)
Chair/Discussant: Rosalie Hall, University of the Philippines - Visayas, Philippines
Discussant: Liliana Filip, Political Research Group, Romania
Women Leadership in Disaster Management: The Case of the Beirut Blast
Fatima Nasser, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Emerging Challenges to Multilateral Institutionalism: A Case of the New Development Bank (NDB)
Bipul Biplav Mukherjee , University of Delhi, India
Digital Lending and Cybercrimes of China in India
Chandu Doddi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
(In)security and Political Economy of Inter-State Relations in Chad Basin
Olatunde Isaac Olaniyi, University of Ibadan/ Nigerian Army College, Ilorin, Nigeria
Resource Based Conflict in Mozambique
Shaimaa Moheyeldin, Cairo University, Egypt
"Peace Reactor": Georgian Model of Nuclear Diplomacy - for a Secure World Order
Alexander Rusetsky, Caucasus International University, Georgia
23:00 -00:30 NZ (3/11), 19:00 - 20:30 JP, 14:00 - 15:30 UAE, 11:00 - 12:30 FR, 07:00 - 08:30 ARG, 05:00 - 06:30 US-EST
SESSION 3: New Security Challenges and Responses in the Changing World Order (12:00-13:30 UTC)
Chair/Discussant: Hamdy Hassan, Zayed University, UAE
Discussant: Yasmin Calmet, Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Perú
SurRealism of the Liberal World Order and the Place of the EU in its Future
Peter Rada, Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary; Laura Nyilas, University of Public Service, Hungary
Entropic Proliferation: Systemic Disorder within the Nuclear Polity and its Implications for Peripheral Armament
Mehrdad Khakparaghi, ELTE, Hungary
Brazil's Foreign Policy Responses to Geopolitical Conflicts: A Study of the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas Disputes from the Global South Perspective
Alexandre Coelho, Observa China, Brasil
Private Security Agencies
Martin Medina, Universidad de la Cuenca del Plata, Argentina
The Human Dimension of Conflict: Palestine Bloodbath in Retrospect
Sumit Mukerji, University of Kalyani, India
The Transition from Kantian to Machiavellian Morality in International Relations: Evidence from the Russo-Ukrainian and Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts
Aashriti Gautam, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science; Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College for Women - Delhi University, India
01:00 -02:30 NZ (3/11), 21:00 - 22:30 JP, 16:00 - 17:30 UAE, 13:00 - 14:30 FR, 09:00 - 10:30 ARG, 07:00 - 08:30 US-EST
SESSION 4: Issues in the Upcoming World Order: Risks and Conflicts (14:00-15:30 UTC)
Chair/Discussant: Gladys Lechini, UNR (Universidad Nacional de Rosario), Argentina
Presentations:
Hegemonic Disputes between US and China
Javier Vadell, PUC Minas, Brazil
South America's International Insertion in a Context of Policrisis
Gisela Pereyra Doval, UNR, Argentina
2024 Elections in South Asia: Geopolitical Continuity or Change?
Maria Noel Dussort, UNR, Argentina
Is Africa the Continent of the Future?
Igor Castellano, UFSM, Brazil
03:00 -04:30 NZ (3/11), 23:00 - 00:30 JP, 18:00 - 19:30 UAE, 15:00 - 16:30 FR, 11:00 - 12:30 ARG, 09:00 - 10:30 US-EST
Closing Keynotes: 15:40 - 15:50 (UTC)
Hamdy A. Hassan (Zayed University, UAE)
Gladys Lechini (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina)
04:40 - 04:50 NZ (3/11), 00:40 - 00:50 JP, 19:40 - 19:50 UAE, 16:40 - 16:50 FR, 12:40 - 12:50 ARG, 10:40 - 10:50 US-EST
Important dates
Full papers are due on 8 March 2024. Papers should be in the Chicago 19 style, best with in-text citations. All papers should be sent in MS Word format to: cmplrad@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Conference will take place on 10 March 2024, and Japanese Standard Time (JST) indications prevail in case of time discrepancy.
UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) and other times are also exhibited, and further times can be found here:
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Venue
The whole conference will be held onsite in Nagasaki (Japan) and in Rosario (Argentina) and online over ZOOM hosted by the organizing committee. If you have concerns about connectivity, let us know.
Instructions
Microphone should be muted when listening, and can be un-muted only when speaking.
To request your turn to speak, raise your hand or send a message through Zoom Chat.
Because of the extreme time differences, all panel chairs are requested to stick to the original timetable.
The participation application form may be closed before the deadline, when the number of applicants reaches the conference limit.
Expenses
The conference is free of charge.
Audience
A number of participants without presentations will be welcome to participate as audience. For registration, fill the form in the link below:
Audience Registration Form
Forms
Organizing committee
Fumihiko Yoshida, RECNA, Nagasaki University, Japan
Radomir Compel, NURECSA, Nagasaki University, Japan
Teresita Lechini Gladys, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Hamdy Hassan, Zayed University, UAE
Steven Ratuva, MBC, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Supporting institutions:
Nagasaki University, STAR Research Platform for Collective Survival in the Anthropocene (NURECSA)
University of Canterbury, Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies (MBC)
IPSA Research Committee on Security, Conflict and Democratization (RC44)
IPSA Research Committee on Climate Security and Planetary Politics (RC52)
Contact
In case you need further assistance, please contact us at cmplrad<a>gmail.com.