1. Introduction: Which are the emerging powers?
Class 1 – Emerging Powers in Comparative Perspective
Dr. Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira (Postdoctoral Researcher)
IRI-USP, São Paulo, 15 February 2016

2. Summary 1 ) Course overview 2 ) Which are the emerging powers?
Goals of the course;
Program and readings;
Grading and assignments.
2 ) Which are the emerging powers?
A new phenomenon?
Definitions;
Power and its different dimensions.
3 ) Questions
Summary

3. 1 ) Course overview a ) Goals of the course
Discuss the rise of emerging powers and their impact on the international political system;
Why emerging powers and the labels associated to them (e.g.: BRICS, G20, IBSA) became a valid concept in political, economic, and policy debates;
How the rise of emerging powers affect the way we think about the world;
West’s reassertion and the future of the global order.
1 ) Course overview

4. 1 ) Course overview b ) Program and readings
Part I – Contextualizing the Emergence of New Powers
1 ) Course overview

5. 1 ) Course overview b ) Program and readings
Part II – New Powers: Between Regions and the Globe
1 ) Course overview

6. 1 ) Course overview b ) Program and readings
Part III – Implications of the Rise of New Powers
1 ) Course overview

7. 1 ) Course overview c ) Grading and assignments
Attendance and participation – Cumulative Parts I, II, and II (10%)
Exam 1 – Part I (15%)
Policy seminar – Part II (35%)
Exam 2 – Cumulative Parts I, II, and II (40%)
1 ) Course overview

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a ) A new phenomenon?
Remember history to understand the present
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10. 2 ) Which are the Emerging Powers?
a ) A new phenomenon?
Remember history to understand the present
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a ) A new phenomenon?
Until World War II: Imperialism;
Cold War ( /1991)
Military Bipolarity (US vs. USSR);
Growing Economic Multipolarity (erosion of American hegemony after the 1970s);
Pax Americana (1990s-2001/2008);
Multipolarity within bipolarity (2008-)????
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a ) A new phenomenon?
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b ) Definitions
West vs. East;
Global North vs. Global South;
Rising or re-emergence?
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b ) Definitions
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b ) Definitions
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b ) Definitions
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b ) Definitions
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b ) Definitions
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b ) Definitions
The unit of analysis (countries, regions, time);
The concepts (economic?);
Proxies (GDP only).
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
Hard Power
Soft Power
Realists
vs.
Liberals
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
Power
Military
Structural
(Norms)
Cultural
Economic
A Holistic View
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25. Power Hard Power Realists Liberals Soft Power emphasis on conflict
Military
Structural (Norms)
Cultural
Economic
Hard Power
Soft Power
Realists
Liberals
emphasis on cooperation

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c ) Power and its different dimensions
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
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c ) Power and its different dimensions
Domestic Development
International Power
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30. 2 ) Which are the Emerging Powers?
c ) Power and its different dimensions
Status quo
Revisionism
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31. 3 ) Questions Will emerging powers be successful in their rise?
Do the emerging powers want to impose a new world order?
If yes, will they be able to reform the “Western International Society”? How?
If not, will the established powers seek accommodating with the rising ones?
How can the “rest” benefit from such power shift?
3 ) Questions