Past Events
The Governance of Violence in Geopolitics
Agenda
Prof. Dr. Klaus Larres, Krasno Distinguished Professor for History and International Affairs, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
“War, Violence and International Governance: From the Cold War to the Present”
Henning Glaser, Director, German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance (CPG), Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
“Violence in the New Global Order After the End of the Cold War”
Prof. Dr. Hall Gardner, Chair, Department of International and Comparative Politics, American University of Paris
“Post-Cold War Geopolitical Rivalries, Hybrid Warfare and the Threat of Major Power Warfare”
HE. Kasit Piromya, National Reform Steering Assembly Thailand, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
“Geopolitics, Multilateralism and the United Nations – The Role of the ASEAN Countries”
Report
On 2 March 2016 CPG hosted an international seminar on the topic of geo- politics and international relations at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University. Under the title “The Governance of Violence in Geopolitics” the event dealt with violence as an order-creating force in geopolitics. Following welcoming words by Prof. Narong Jaiharn, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Thammasat University, four experts provided insightful presentations. Prof.
Klaus Larres, Krasno Distinguished Professor for History and International Affairs from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, opened the presentations with a historical overview on the relation between “War, Violence and International Governance: From the Cold War to the Present”. He was followed by CPG Director Henning Glaser with a paper on “Violence in the New Global Or- der After the End of the Cold War” in which he highlighted recent developments in international politics reflecting the governance of violence in geopolitical strategies in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Prof. Dr. Hall Gardner, Chair of the Department of International and Comparative Politics at American University of Paris, continued with a presentation on “Post-Cold War Geopolitical Rivalries, Hybrid Warfare and the Threat of Major Power Warfare” which provide an assessment of potential major warfare based on insightful analogies between pre-World War I and II conditions and systems of international relations and the post-Cold War situation. The presentation was completed by a paper of HE. Kasit Piromya, member of the National Reform Steering Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, on “Geopolitics, Multilateralism and the United Nations – The Role of the ASEAN Countries” dealing with the question of potentials and limitations of autonomy in international politics in the ASEAN member states. The insightful presentations were accompanied by lively discussions among all participants.
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