In this seven-part, multi-week series in Canadian Dimension, Radhika Desai analyzes the COVID-19 pandemic, its political and economic ramifications in countries around the world, and its implications for the geopolitical economy of world capitalism. Radhika Desai is the Director of the Geopolitical Economy Research Group and a Professor of Political Studies at the University of …
A Tale of Two Democracies: Venezuela After the Elections is a panel discussion organized and hosted by the International Manifesto Group. The discussion took place Saturday January 9th at 2:00-4:00PM GMT over Zoom. Venezuela’s National Assembly took office January 5th. On January 6th, despite the capital being stormed by a mob of supporters of …
In the 20th Century, Guatemala has been defined by a series of military dictatorships punctuated by attempts at social, agrarian and political reform. 2020 Brown Bag Lecture Series The Guatemala Studio: Truth and Reconciliation After “La Violencia” with Ralph Stern Friday, February 14, 2020 (12 to 12:55 pm) Mauro Institute, Room 252, St. Paul’s College
Since October 2006, the Brown Bag is a luncheon seminar series held on designated Fridays during the regular sessions from 12:00 pm – 12:55 pm in the Mauro Institute Boardroom, 252 St. Paul’s College. The lectures are approximately 35 minutes in length, followed by a discussion period. The lectures are free to attend and open …
Digging into Manitoba Premier Brian Palister’s promise to evaluate the return to arts investment, CBC interviewed GERG research director Alan Freeman about the economic impact of creativity. The answer is ‘a billion new dollars over the next five years – if you do it right’. The interview says why. Share and don’t miss! CBC Report …
Written by Radhika Desai Originally printed in the Winnipeg Free Press, June 30, 2016 The Brexit vote was a momentous political earthquake and the seismic shifts that caused it have been long in the making. It has ruptured so many political structures — decades and even centuries old, national and international — so deeply it …
The Geopolitical Economy Research Group (GERG) and Manchester University Press announce a new book series. It aims, inter alia, to promote ‘fresh inter- and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the most pressing new realities of the 21st century: the multipolar world and the renewed economic centrality of states in it. While multipolarity is beginning to be recognized …
On February 5, 2016 – Super Tuesday – the Geopolitical Economic Research Group hosted a panel discussion on the American elections. With the help of the moderator, Dr. Todd Scarth, the panelists shared their opinions on the election, analyzed the rise of Trump and discussed potential reverberations of the American election around the world. The …
Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), written by Radhika Desai Geopolitical Economy radically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis. Radhika Desai offers a radical critique of the theories of US hegemony, globalisation and empire which dominate …