International Talkies

The Centre for East Asian Studies of the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History held a guest lecture on 30 September, 2022, on the topic " China’s Rise: Peaceful Transition or Inevitable Conflict?" . The guest speaker for the day was Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the State University of New York.  The emcee of the lecture was Aishwarya Nair from 3MAIS. Dr. Manoharan N introduced the speaker, Dr. Jonathan Schwartz, to the audience. The speaker began by engaging the students and gave two questions for the students to think about throughout the lecture: why the students feel like they disagree with the speaker’s arguments, and what would be the most sensible for India in this position He then continued to address the topic of “China’s Rise: Peaceful Transition or Inevitable Conflict?” by beginning with a brief talk about the world order and the problems in it, and how there is a ...