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12 March 2012 | SID Lecture by René Cuperus ‘All Politics is Domestic Politics?’  

In his lecture in March, René Cuperus (Wiardi Beckman Institute) will discuss the fundamental incompatibility between hyper-globalisation on the one hand, and nation state democracy on the other. The tension between the state and its citizens versus the global world order will be addressed, as well as the new polarisation between so-called globalisation winning elites and globalisation losing ‘localists’. Big parts of the electorates increasingly consider the nation state as the defender of the national interest against globalising ’threats’ (migration, energy-scarcity). Is the state squeezed between the expectations of their citizens and their national perspective, and the reality of a globalising world where national control is less and less effective? And is the disrupting revolt of nationalistic populism a result of this mismatch?  How to arrive at a sane and leaner globalisation which is not undermining national democracies?

With comments by Hans Bruning (Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy).

Logistics: Auditorium, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam / Time: 18:15-19:45 (drinks at 19:45) / Language: English / Admission: Free / Please register through registration@sidnl.org

Please find the invitation here.

26 March 2012 | SID Lecture by James Cameron ‘The State and Global Common Goods: The Challenge of Interdependency’

James Cameron (Climate Change Capital) will discuss the challenge for international relations that lies in the demand for global common goods and services. As resources decline and prices escalate, the interdependencies among countries for food, water, energy and migration will become a reality. No country can handle the issues in isolation. How do these changing interdependencies affect the concept of nation and state? Are national interests an inherent obstacle for good stewardship or can we develop a concept of interdependency where states can productively engage and negotiate in this resource constrained world?

Logistics: Auditorium, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam / Time: 18:00-19:30 (drinks at 19:30) / Language: English / Admission: Free / Please register through registration@sidnl.org

Please find the invitation here.

The lectures in the 2011-2012 Lecture Series are organised in cooperation with NCDO and VU University

SID Student Essay Contest

Are you a student and currently enrolled in a Bachelor or Master’s Programme at an Higher Education Institution for 2011-2012? Join the SID Student Essay Contest!

The Essay Contest is organized together with VU University and is open to students from all universities and is integral to the SID Lecture Series 2011-2012 on “The State in a Globalizing World”. You can write an essay for up to three of the nine SID Lectures and we are now welcoming essays written for the SID Lecture with James Cameron on 26 March 2012. Interested? Please click HERE, to learn more about the essay contest and the three lectures that are included.