Geopolitics and Great Powers - An International Workshop on Emerging Regional Contests and Contestants
Mount Scopus campus, the Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
25 November, 2013 - 27 November, 2013
Application Deadline: 1 May, 2013
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Event Announcement
Anyone wishing to participate in the 2013 RC-41 Jerusalem International Workshop on GEOPOLITICS AND GREAT POWERS and to contribute by addressing any of the above topics is cordially invited to submit an initial paper proposal.
The Proposal and/or Abstract (limited to 750 words or less) should be sent to Professor Aharon Klieman at . The final date for submission is 1 May 2013.
Unlike open international conferences, the Workshop framework is designed to limit participation to a smaller and rather select group of invitees -- on the order of 16 to 18 people -- each bringing to bear his or her disciplinary expertise or area studies specialization.
Accordingly, the Jerusalem Workshop will be conducted in a Round Table format, with scholarly presentations dividing into 8 panel sessions, with 2 – 3 papers at each session, followed by open discussion among the direct Round Table academic participants and invited guests drawn from the diplomatic and policymaking communities. The 8 panel themes are devoted to:
- The New International System: “Power” and “Influence” Redefined
- The Emerging Great Powers
- Regionalization in a World of Sub-Systems -- Regional Contests and Power Balances
- The Mediterranean & Middle East
- The Asia-Pacific Theater
- Central Asia / Southeast Asia
- Positioning the United States
- Summing Up: Theoretical Insights and Implications
The intention is for the Jerusalem Workshop scholars and specialists to then reconstitute themselves into a continuous Working Group for the purpose of presenting a Panel session at the IPSA international conference scheduled for Montreal, Canada in 2014. This follow-up session will enable members of the Working Group to offer a reassessment as well as update of their 2013 observations in the light of intervening events.
It is also intended to publish original papers presented at the “GEOPOLITICS AND GREAT POWERS” workshop in book form, or as independent articles in leading professional refereed journals.
General Information:
No Registration fee is required.
Acceptance is conditioned, however, upon the participant’s commitment to full, active attendance at all panel sessions and discussions throughout the two days of the Workshop, in addition to one paper presentation.
Participants in the 2013 Jerusalem International Workshop are expected to cover all personal transportation arrangements and expenses. Limited IPSA conference travel grants may be available upon special request to help defray partial air fare costs for junior scholars or in exceptional cases.
Hotel accommodations and meals during the Workshop will be provided for direct participants courtesy of The Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
All Workshop sessions will be conducted on the Mount Scopus campus of The Hebrew University.
Timeline:
Announcement & Call for Papers February 2013
Submission of Proposals / Abstracts May 1, 2013
Notice of Acceptance June 15, 2013
Full Paper SubmissionOctober 15, 2013
Final Program November 1, 2013