DÉCRIPT Séance 3 de l'axe Universalismes et gouvernance mondiale : Les Relations Internationales Globales et la transformation de l’ordre mondial : par-delà les discours sur le déclin de « l’Occident »

What do Global International Relations allow us to understand when it comes to contemporary transformations of the current world order?To answer this question, this seminar welcomes Amitav Acharya, holder of the UNESCO Chair on Transnational Challenges and Governance at the American University in Washington, and major voice in debates on global governance and international order(s). Acharya’s works have played a key role in bringing global perspectives into the study of International Relations. He has consistently questioned how international norms and institutions –what he calls « foundational structures »– have been produced, diffused, and transformed beyond « Western » centers of power. By tracing these dynamics over the long term and revisiting phenomena often assumed to be products of « Western civilization » or of the « liberal world order », Acharya distances its analysis from common discourses of the « end of the West » and develops a nuanced perspective that helps us understanding contemporary transformations in global governance.