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India is focus of new centre at Cambridge
From Prasun Sonwalkar
London, May 12 (PTI) A new research hub dedicated to
the study of India and other emerging powers and how different
nations evolve to become leading political forces on the world
stage is being launched at the University of Cambridge on
Thursday.
The Centre for Rising Powers will bring together
academics from different subject areas whose research touches
on one of the most important questions in international
relations: How different powers rise to the top of global
politics, and how to predict the impact they will have when
they do so?
The centre's director is Amrita Narlikar, an alumnus
of St Stephen's College, New Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru
University.
The centre's formal launch will take place on Thursday
with an inaugural lecture by Joseph Nye, Professor at Harvard
University and one of the most influential researchers in the
field of foreign policy and international relations.
The Centre's research will concern the major emerging
powers of the present day – in particular the BRIC nations of
Brazil, Russia, India and China.
All four are expected to figure in the list of leading
world economies by the year 2050, raising questions about the
challenge they will pose to the liberal, western powers who
have effectively dictated the course of international politics
since the end of the Cold War.
The centre will also look beyond the immediate cases
of the 21st century.
Researchers will also look at historical cases to
understand more about how new powers emerge, how they can be
accommodated, and the effect that this has on international
stability in different cases.
Narlikar, director of the centre, said: "Power
transitions are one of the main sources of deadlock and
conflict on the world stage, but they also have the potential
to act as sources of renewal and change for the better."
"As a result, the study of how powers rise and how the
process should be handled has a direct impact on international
co-operation, peace and stability – and on more general values
such as efficiency, fairness and justice in the global order.
The research that the Centre produces will, in some form or
other, be of international policy relevance."
London, May 12 (PTI) A new research hub dedicated to
the study of India and other emerging powers and how different
nations evolve to become leading political forces on the world
stage is being launched at the University of Cambridge on
Thursday.
The Centre for Rising Powers will bring together
academics from different subject areas whose research touches
on one of the most important questions in international
relations: How different powers rise to the top of global
politics, and how to predict the impact they will have when
they do so?
The centre's director is Amrita Narlikar, an alumnus
of St Stephen's College, New Delhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru
University.
The centre's formal launch will take place on Thursday
with an inaugural lecture by Joseph Nye, Professor at Harvard
University and one of the most influential researchers in the
field of foreign policy and international relations.
The Centre's research will concern the major emerging
powers of the present day – in particular the BRIC nations of
Brazil, Russia, India and China.
All four are expected to figure in the list of leading
world economies by the year 2050, raising questions about the
challenge they will pose to the liberal, western powers who
have effectively dictated the course of international politics
since the end of the Cold War.
The centre will also look beyond the immediate cases
of the 21st century.
Researchers will also look at historical cases to
understand more about how new powers emerge, how they can be
accommodated, and the effect that this has on international
stability in different cases.
Narlikar, director of the centre, said: "Power
transitions are one of the main sources of deadlock and
conflict on the world stage, but they also have the potential
to act as sources of renewal and change for the better."
"As a result, the study of how powers rise and how the
process should be handled has a direct impact on international
co-operation, peace and stability – and on more general values
such as efficiency, fairness and justice in the global order.
The research that the Centre produces will, in some form or
other, be of international policy relevance."
