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Mark Zacher was one of the earliest and leading scholars focusing on the transition of multilateralism from fo rmal institutions to informal regimes and networks. He was also a major con tributor to the literature on the contestation and persistence of global no rms\, especially territorial integrity. Looking at this intersection of cha nge and continuity\, this seminar will address the concept of G-Plus global governance. The G-Plus idea challenges the tendency to think of global lea dership in terms of exclusive power groups such as G-2 (US-China)\, G-7\, a nd G-20. It also rejects the familiar notions of “multipolarity” or “G-zero ”\, stressing instead the increasing “multiplexity” that defines the emergi ng world order. G-Plus governance characterizes the pluralistic\, hybrid an d decentered nature of global governance brought about by the proliferation of non-governmental actors\, including NGOs\, social movements\, corporati ons\, and various forms of partnership between governments and private acto rs\, in global governance. Global governance is no longer the monopoly or i nter-governmental organizations\, whether these are part of the UN system o r not. At the same time\, there are elements of continuity\; several norms and forms of G-Plus governance complement\, rather than supplants the role of governments in international cooperation. The ensuing complexity of glo bal governance is a defining feature of the changing world order.
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Dr. Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Ch air in Transnational Challenges and Governance\, and Distinguished Professo r at the School of International Service\, American University\, Washington \, DC. He is the first non-Western scholar to be elected (for 2014-15) as t he President of the International Studies Association (ISA)\, the largest a nd most influential global network in international studies. Previously he was a Professor at York University\, Toronto and University of Bristol\, U. K. He was the inaugural Nelson Mandela Visiting Professorship in Internatio nal Relations at Rhodes University\, South Africa\, the inaugural Boeing Co mpany Chair in International Relations at the Schwarzman Scholars Program a t Tsinghua University\, Fellow of Harvard’s Asia Center and John F. Kennedy School of Government\, and Christensen Fellow at Oxford.
His books i nclude The Making of Global International Relations (Cambridge 201 9: with Barry Buzan)\; Constructing Global Order (Cambridge 2018)\; The End of American World Order (Polity 2014\, 2018)\; Why Govern? Re thinking Demand and Progress in Global Governance (editor\, Cambridge 2016)\; The Making of Southeast Asia (Cornell 2013)\; Whose Id eas Matter (Cornell 2009)\; and Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia (Routledge\, 2001\, 2009\, 2014).
He has recei ved two Distinguished Scholar Awards from the ISA\, one in 2015 from its Gl obal South Caucus for his “contribution to non-Western IR theory and inclus ion” in international studies\, and another in 2018 from ISA’s Internationa l Organization Section that recognizes “scholars of exceptional merit…whose influence\, intellectual works and mentorship will likely continue to impa ct the field for years to come”. In 2020\, he received American University’ s highest honour: Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award.
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