EADI-IMEMO Workshop in Moscow, 31 May to 2 June 2001
EADI-IMEMO Workshop in Moscow
THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALISATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE (SEMI-)PERIPHERAL COUNTRIES (China, India, Russia, Brazil, DR Congo)
From May 31 to June 2, 2001, a workshop on "The challenge of globalisation and the development of large (semi-)peripheral countries" took place in Moscow, Russia. This workshop, organized by the EADI working group "Rise and decline in the world system" together with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, involved participants from Russia, India, China, Spain and the Netherlands.
The workshop focussed mainly on the role of the large (semi-)peripheral countries (China, India, Russia, Brazil and the RD Congo) in a world that is undergoing fundamental change.
Do these countries strengthen their positions or does their importance decrease in the light of globalisation and widespread IT development?
What can they do to protect their national interests, their national integrity and their cultural identity?
There was surely no easy answer to these complex questions but the workshop participants agreed that the (semi-)peripheral countries are both "globalisation makers" and "globalisation takers" and that they represent the connection between the post-industrial and the industrial/agrarian world. They should use this specific role to mediate between these worlds. Furthermore, they should use their joint influence to promote a different model of globalisation that takes into account the interests of less developed and developing countries.
The Programme of the Workshop: May 31- June 2, 2001, Moscow,
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
Thursday, May 31
Opening Speech by Academician Nodari Simonya, Director of IMEMO.
The Large (Semi-)Peripheral Countries in the Context of Globalisation (Introduction to Workshop) - Vladimir Khoros, Prof., Head of the Centre for Development and Modernisation Studies, IMEMO
Globalisation: A Synergy of Diversities -Slavica Roceska, Assoc. Prof., University of Prilep (Macedonia)
The Significance of External Economic Relations for the Development of Large (Semi-)Peripheral Countries - Anatoly Elianov, Prof., IMEMO
Post-Industrial Trends and the Split within the World Economic System - Vladislav Inozemtsev, Dr. Of Sc., The Centre for Studies of Post-Industrial Society, Moscow
Globalisation and Food Problems in the Large Semi-Peripheral Countries - Alexander Akimov, Dr., The Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow
The North-South Economic Relations and the Large Countries of Latin America - Lev Klochkovsky, Prof., Institute of Latin American Studies, Moscow, member of EC of EADI
The Challenges of Globalisation and Some Problems of Political Modernisation in Brazil -Liudmila Okuneva, Prof., Institute of Latin American Studies, Moscow
India in the Process of Globalisation - Serguey Lounev, Dr. of Sc., IMEMO
BJP and Indian Business Community -Valentina Chernovskaya, Prof., Yaroslavl State University, Yaroslavl
Discussion
Friday, June 1
Globalisation: The Indian Experience. - Devendra Kaushik, Prof., President of the Institute for Asian Studies, Calcutta, Mahavir Singh, Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
The New Role of Some Key Peripheral Countries after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Stefaan Marysse, Prof., University of Antwerp, convenor of EADI Working Group
The Problems of Economic Development of China in the Context of Globalisation - Vasily Mikheev, Prof., deputy director of the Institute for Far East Studies, Moscow Contemporary Approaches to Globalisation in China - Alexander Salitsky, Dr.of Sc., IMEMO
Lessons and Experience of Market Transformation in China and Russia - Li Xin, Prof., Shanghai University of Finances and Economics.
Gradualism as the Indian Way to Economic Globalisation -Yelena Braguina, Prof., IMEMO
Social-Psychological Aspects of the Transformation Process in Semi-Peripheral Countries (the case of Russia) - Lyubov Fadeeva, Prof., Perm State University, Russia
Russia - China - India: The Prospects of Collaboration in Science and Technology - Gennady Moscvitin, Prof., Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Moscow
Discussion
Saturday, June 2
Russian Sovereignty in the Conditions of Globalisation - Valery Konovalov, Prof., Rostov State University, Rostov on Don
Barter in the Russian Economy: A Mechanism of Survival - Isabel Pla Julian, Assoc. Prof., University of Valencia.
Globalisation and Regional Differentiation in Russia - Boris Bolotin, IMEMO
Discussion
