We are happy to announce that the ceremony of awarding scholarships for outstanding students of the ISAD on 22th March will be preceded by a lecture delivered by doctor David Morris on ‘Political Risks in Shifting World Order from Eurasia to the Indo-Pacific’ at 10.30 am. He is going to raise the subject of a current situation of the above regions, which he describes as follows: ‘Only a few years ago, the rise of China was optimistically welcomed as contributing to global economic welfare. More recently, China's growing role in economic interdependence, while simultaneously doubling down on its authoritarian system of governance, has stimulated fears of a splintering the international system, contest, and conflict. China's special relationship with Russia has underlined (particularly in the current crisis) the challenges to world order. Not only global power shifts, but technological, climate, and political change all complicate questions of future likely global cooperation or confrontation. For Europe, its connectivity with Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific raise critical questions for developing a new strategy for a new order. ‘
Dr. David Morris is a distinguished international expert on risks and opportunities in the international business environment. He has had a global career as diplomat, senior political adviser, and international consultant. He was an Australian diplomat for a decade and recently represented the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in China as Pacific Trade and Investment Commissioner.
Currently he is Vice Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Business Network for Asia Pacific, which advises the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and holds the position of Senior Research Fellow at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Research Fellow at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
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