Presentation

Objective : Examine the evolution, challenges, and opportunities of global governance structures in a world increasingly defined by multiple power centers, emphasizing inclusivity, innovation, and collaboration.

Theme : The global order established at Bretton Woods after WWII, which centered Western nations and U.S. leadership, is in profound decline. This system, though challenged by the Soviet bloc during the Cold War, appeared to achieve ideological victory with the USSR's collapse—a moment famously framed as "the end of history." Subsequent efforts to entrench this order through "new constitutionalism" and global economic governance have ultimately failed. This failure is marked by the rise of non-Western powers like the BRICS coalition, internal political fragmentation in the West, and a waning of Western moral and strategic authority.

We now inhabit a period of international interregnum and multipolarity, where power is dispersed and the old North-South divide is inadequate. This fractured landscape must confront interconnected crises : environmental degradation, armed conflict, development disparities, and exclusionary policies. This inaugural conference invites interdisciplinary contributions to explore how an emerging multipolar system can address these challenges within diverse governance and ideological frameworks. We seek to advance research and dialogue among scholars and institutions to understand this new order.

Keynote Speaker : Dr. A. R. Sriskanda Rajah is an International Relations scholar, specializing in biopolitics, security, postcolonial governance, and South Asian politics, with a particular focus on Sri Lanka and India.

Organizers : Dr. Patrick Clairzier, CY Cergy Paris Université - Dr. Inès Hassen-Dakhli, CY Cergy Paris Université - Dr. Moustafa Traore, Panthéon-Assas University Paris II and Dr. Douglas Yates, CY Cergy Paris Université

Programme

Thursday 28 May 2026

8h30 : Welcoming Participants

10h00 : Welcoming Remarks

10h45 : Keynote Speaker
Dr. A. R. Sriskanda Rajah

Panel 1 - Historical Legacies and Global Order

11h45 : This panel examines how historical legacies shape the global order through militarism, queer and trans inclusion in the American neoliberal empire, and worldmaking in a multipolar Global South.

13h05 : Lunch break

Panel 2 - Geopolitics, Humanitarianism and Global Order

14h30 : This panel explores how shifting geopolitics reshape global order, focusing on financial adaptation to sanctions, the evolving role of humanitarian assistance, and the growing challenges of accountability for transboundary harm in a deglobalizing world.

16h00 : Closing Remarks and Open Discussion

16h30 : End of the day

Friday 29 May 2026

8h30 : Welcoming Participants

10h00 : Welcoming Remarks

Panel 1 - Global Governance, Crisis and Emerging Powers

10h30 : This panel examines how crisis and emerging powers are reshaping global governance, from the evolution of post-American financial systems to experiments in Indo-Pacific multipolarity and the limits of pandemic knowledge and global health coordination.

Panel 2 - Digital Politics, Informal Governance and Accountability

12h00 : This panel explores how digital politics and informal governance shape accountability, from online disinformation’s impact on democracy to informal economic practices in Nigeria and the challenges of enforcing constitutional accountability after January 6.

13h30 : Lunch break

Roundtable - Key Insights and Conclusions

15h00 : An open, collaborative discussion addressing key issues and synthesizing the conference and book’s central insights and conclusions.

16h00 : Closing Remarks

16h15 : Closure

Attendee Registration : https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=EpXBuO0qHUeo0ZsG59p4arlePBWlljJDvn0wdeww9cZUNzBBUlRMWFZSMEpFODhOWDVVRFhHSERCSyQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl