1 | P a g e ALUMNI NEWSLETTER Department of International Studies Political Science and History CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY) 2 | P a g e The Future of the Liberal International Economic Order Date- 6/11/19 Time – 10-11 am Venue – Council Room, Central Block The Department of International Studies Understanding the Liberal International and History organized a guest lecture on Economic Order; and the Liberal “The Future of the Liberal International International Economic Order and a Economic Order” by Professor Marc Globalizing World Economy. Williams, Associate Dean (International) He stressed on the fact that, presently, the Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of Liberal International Economic Order is in International Relations from UNSW Arts crisis and further explored the question - & Social Sciences, Australia. ‘why does it matter?’. Professor Williams Professor Williams stressed on the stated that the base of any international definition of Liberal International order rests on ideas (normative goals, Economic Order as a starting point of the principled action), institutions (formal, lecture. He sided with the existence of the informal), interests (power). In context of Order and stated its collapse as being Liberal International Economic Order, detrimental to everyone. He divided the ideas rests on shared international norms lecture into 3 major segments – Concept of (which subjugated domestic autonomy) Liberal International Economic Order and and legalism; institutions have a multi- Global Economic Governance, lateral framework, like the 3 principal 3 | P a g e organs – IMF, World Bank, WTO; and Order such as changing of the Balance of interests rest with the political leadership. Power system, rise of China, creation of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The Professor Williams pointed out that the rise of Donald Trump on the American Liberal International Economic Order is a horizon and the Brexit are signs of part of the globalization process. rejection of the Liberal International Globalization is not a singular process, Economic Order. Professor Williams instead it is a multi-dimensional and concluded the lecture by providing with uneven process, it includes social, cultural multiple scenarios for the future of the and political processes with differential Liberal International Economic Order – impacts across the world. Liberal Rejection and Collapse, Resilience and International Economic Order has been in Revival, Revision and Realignment. crisis before as well, the 1971 fall of the Bretton Woods System, and 2008 Global The lecture was followed by an engaging Economic Crisis. In today’s context, many Q&A session. Professor Williams was external and internal challenges are present present with a token of appreciation with the Liberal International Economic followed by a vote of thanks. Innovation and International Business Date- 16/11/2019 Time- 10-11 am Venue- II MAIS, Central Block The Department of International Studies “Innovation and International Business” and History organized a guest lecture on by Professor Buckley from Sheffield 4 | P a g e University, UK. His interests lie in Research and Development, Invention ad International Comparative Management Innovation. Finally, he attempts to define and on International Business and and informs the audience that a critical Strategy. element in Innovation is competition and it highlights the newness. Steve Jobs states Professor Buckley stated that in this that it is when in a competitive advanced age it is necessary to understand environment, can innovation distinguish the need to innovate. The countries of the between the leaders and the followers. world play to showcase their best This implies that the leader is one who has entrepreneurial drive and showcases their the madness and craze to explore and fill creativity via such credible and noteworthy in the gaps by inventing and has to be inventions. The main challenge for bonded with a legal force by the innovation lies in the fact of lack of government which needs to monitor and external and internal financial funding. promote it. Since the advent of He made the students to actively globalisation and nationalism, each nation participate and ponder over what does it attempts to spur its economic growth and mean to be innovative. He states that accelerate it. This might also lead to innovation is a key to improvement in capitalist tendencies. The last issue that quality of life and stressed on its vital was addressed was that of patent rights. reason on the non-availability of infinite This can be done by formal dialogues on resources and hence we must move sharing of innovative practices and one towards sustainability. This would now needs to be bound by ethical binaries and differentiate from the existing technology moral concerns. and increases efficiency in both the The lecture was followed by an engaging product and process innovation. By virtue Q&A session. Professor Buckley was of this, one can observe that the economy presented with a token of appreciation by improves both in terms of micro and Dr Madhumati Deshpande followed by a macro developments. vote of thanks. Further, the idea was deconstructed by adding in three dimensions namely: Date - 21/11/2019 Time - 11-12 am Venue - Room no 105, Central Block 5 | P a g e The Department of International studies relationship before marrying each other and history organised a student interaction and same sex marriages are considered on "Culture and heritage of Norway" by normal and legal. Then they highlighted a Karen and Melissa from Norway. few points about their climate which is extremely cold most of the time in the The students were introduced to Norway’s northern region and usually rainy in the national flag, geographical map and it's south. The northern region also demographic details. Then the students experiences 6 months of day and 6 months highlighted about Norway's progress and of night. their stand in the global scenario where they mentioned that it's economy has They spoke about their socio - political crossed 1 trillion dollars mark, the scenario. The citizens of Norway receive unemployment rate is less than 4%, it is free healthcare and social security ranked 1st in the world happiness index payments. Education is compulsory until and also has the lowest rate of crimes 19 years of age for all. They have a committed in the world. constitutional monarchy and also a prime minister who is elected every 4 years. The speakers then stressed about the Finally Karen and Melissa mentioned culture of Norway. Norwegians have only about how their food consists of a variety 4 festivals a year which is Christmas, New of meat and fish. Year, Easter and Thanksgiving. Their marriage culture is very open and At the end, the students had opportunities accepting. Partners usually be in a live-in to ask questions and clarify doubts. Language and Literature An informative lecture session was introduction to two aspects of English- organised by ‘AKSHAR’ – the Literary Language and Literature. The session club of Vrittanta, under the leadership of progressed with detailed examination of club heads, A Lanciya Saji and Sahar the significance of literature in the present Basharat., on 4th of December 2019. The world, with valid examples of skills session conducted by Dr. Christine Ann enhanced through Literature, like critical Thomas (Department of English), on the thinking and writing skills. topic of ‘Language and Literature’, gave Dr. Christine further elaborated on the students an opportunity to self-examine different approaches and perspectives to their own literary abilities and ways to deal with a piece of literature. The session improve their talents. concluded with explanation of methods to The lecture session from 12.p.m to 12:30. enhance the reading and writing skills of p.m. commenced with the club heads students. The session by Dr. Christine welcoming the guest speaker and equipped students with valuable insights introducing her to the club members. Dr. and visions to enhance their literary skills. Christine initiated the discussion with an 6 | P a g e Leadership Challenges: The Human Dimension Venue: Skyview, 10 floor, Central Block Time: 12 to 1 PM Date: January 3, 2020. The Department of International Studies Dr. Ahluwalia started the lecture by and History, Christ University, organized a providing examples from the battlefield. talk on ‘Leadership Challenges: The He, then, extended the scope of the lecture Human Dimension’ by Lt Gen (Dr) VK from leadership challenges in the armed Ahluwalia, PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, VSM forces to leadership challenges in ‘strategic (Retd) Director, Center for Land Warfare landscape’ signifying international (CLAWS). relations. A brief and a structured geopolitical analysis of the globe was 7 | P a g e given, followed by a host of conflicts and which involves understanding people and problems faced by countries, which was dealing with them, forms vital aspect of eventually narrowed down to India. Dr. the leadership strategy. This is Ahluwalia emphasized the need for a supplemented by the ability to manage strong leadership to tackle various change which is important for survival, as conflicts in India, be it internal or external, well as removal of the fear of unknown ranging from border issues in the North along with ensuring transparency and and North-East of India to the problem of communication among the team members. terrorism and left wing extremism. For the Dr. Ahluwalia ended the lecture by same, he narrated examples from the 1947 providing the audience with mantra for war, 1962 war with China and the 1971 leadership which consisted of compelling war with Pakistan. vision, global awareness, strategic vision, quick comprehension, innovative and Dr. Ahluwalia extended the scope of critical thinking among other qualities. leadership to business models, by stating that war and business both operate in a The lecture was followed by an engaging VUCA environment (Volatile, Uncertain, Q&A session. Dr. Ahluwalia was Complex, Ambiguous).