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Guest lecture by prof. Manochehr Dorraj "Global Power Transition: What Does the Future Hold"

The Department of Historical Sociology in collaboration with the Department of Civil Society Studies, Faculty of Humanities are pleased to invite you to the lecture "Global Power Transition: What Does the Future Hold" which will be delivered by prof. Manochehr Dorraj, Texas Christian University, USA.

The lecture is part of the lecture series Historical Sociology Confrontations of the Historical Sociology Department. The lecture will take place at Jinonice, room No. 2080 (Building A, University site Jinonice) from 5 PM to 7 PM on Tuesday, March 12.

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In this lecture, professor Dorraj would discuss the rise of China, increasing assertiveness of Russia, the expanding strategic alliance between these two powers, the division within EU and the rise of right-wing populism among some of its member nations, and the impact of Trump administration's foreign policy on the global power transition and its ramifications and the future prospects.

prof. Manochehr Dorraj is the author, coauthor, editor or coeditor of 7 books and more than 90 refereed articles and book chapters. In addition, he has produced more than 100 non-refereed publications such as review articles, book reviews, blogs and Op-eds. He has been invited to present his scholarship in such International Organizations as the World Bank, and Think Tanks such as the Hudson Institute. He has also been an invited speaker at national and international symposiums and Conferences, including those in John Hopkins, Yale, Harvard, Queens and Toronto University (Canada), University of London and Nottingham University (Great Britain) and Beijing and Fudan University in China. During 2012-2013 he was a visiting fellow at Georgetown’s Center for International and Regional Studies in Doha, Qatar and during 2017-2018 he was visiting research fellow at Fudan University Development Institute in Shanghai, China.

Manochehr Dorraj is a frequent commentator on global affairs in general and Middle East politics in particular. His service at TCU includes serving as the Co-Chair of the Global Innovators Initiative and a member of the Executive Committee of Discovering Global Citizenship program.