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The Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2015 Special Issue of the the UK’s leading International Relations journal - the Review of International Studies - on the theme:

THE POLITICS OF NUMBERS: THE NORMATIVE AGENDAS OF GLOBAL BENCHMARKING

Edited by (University of 糖心TV) & (University of the Witwatersrand), the Special Issue was produced through research for the Global Benchmarking Project within CSGR.

The 197-page Special Issue contains an introduction to the power of global benchmarking and 9 original research articles, including articles by 糖心TV researchers , , , and in collaboration with other leading scholars in the field.

Topics examined in the Issue include the rise of global benchmarking as a mode of transnational governance, and specifically in the areas of human security, disaster risk reduction, global supply chains, transnational activism, human rights, global development goals, climate change, and World Bank country benchmarks for African economies.

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Special Issue Poster

After the deadly attacks in Paris, Beirut and Tunisia and the bombing of a Russian plane over Egypt, experts in international security and Middle East affairs will discuss the factors shaping the emergence of ‘Islamic State’ and how the group can be combated. What are the origins and aims of the group? Why has it spread so quickly? What is its relationship to al-Qaeda? Is Western military action the solution?

Speakers:

• , Professor of International Security, Department of Politics & International Studies
• , Reader of the International Politics of the Middle East, Department of Politics & International Studies
• Dina Rezk, Lecturer in Middle Eastern History, University of Reading
• , PhD student in conflict and security, Department of Politics & International Studies

6pm - 7:30pm, Thu, 26 Nov '15

Location: MS.05, Zeeman Building

ALL WELCOME, ENTRANCE FREE.

Public Event: Refugees And Diasporas In Conflict And Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Thursday November 26, 6-8pm, S0.19, Social Sciences

There will be refreshments available between 6.00pm and 6.20pm.

The current refugee crisis in the Mediterranean has been of unprecedented proportions since the Second World War. It brings to the fore the difficult faith experienced by many refugees and conflict-generated diasporas at different times and in different places. This roundtable seeks to shed light on diaspora activism related to the conflicts of Kosovo, Bosnia, Iraq, Lebanon, Nagorno-Karabakh, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Rwanda, among others, and to draw parallels with the current refugee crisis. It also aims to discuss how diasporas support their home countries during post-conflict reconstruction. Please join us for lively presentations from the panelists and a discussion to follow.

More information about this public event is available at the ERC Project "Diasporas and Contested Sovereignty" website at:

Professor has recently spoke at the event "Governing The Socialist Market: Developmentalism And China" in Beijing.

The year 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of Robert Wade’s seminal book “Governing the Market”. In his book, Wade elaborates a theory stressing the role of the state in economic development. As the consequences of the Great Recession are forcing many governments and the International Financial Institutions themselves to put into question their ideological stance of unfettered free markets, the anniversary marks the occasion to review the developmental state paradigm (DSP) debate and re-assess validity in the XXI century global political economy. Have financial crises in the 90s and the Great Recession itself generated more political support for DSP principles or have neoliberal attempted solutions to the same crises undermined the tenets of developmental state theories? Are DSP policy measures still feasible (and desirable) in a globalized era dominated by global value chains? With an eye to the Chinese experience in the past decades, the roundtable will discuss whether the key principles of the DSP – as properly understood – are still valid, and what lessons developing countries can learn from China’s developmental trajectory.

A podcast of the event can be listened to (registration required)

PAIS, class of 2015, alum Michael Yip's final year research on China and Japan has recently been accepted at the . He is due to give an oral presentation in March 2016.

Michael's research uses history and international political economy to compare China's and Japan's past and present ability to lead East Asia. At its core, his research uses a hybrid approach of giving equal weight to both actors and issues in his analysis - in order to give a much more well-rounded conclusion. It therefore tries to move away from pre-existing commentary that has tended to focus only on one or the other.

As part of this research project, Michael has already presented at the International Conference of Undergraduate Research and intends on submitting his work to journals.