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Mon 30 Aug
12:00-1:30pm

THE CENTRE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THE PROGRAM ON CANADA-ASIA POLICYAND THE CENTRE FOR AUSTRALASIAN STUDIES INVITE YOU TO THE

American Power and World Order

by Professor Chris Reus-Smith (Australian National University)

In recent years American foreign policy has taken a unilateralist turn. Confident of America's military might, economic supremacy and cultural magnetism, the Bush Administration has embarked on an ambitious project to further American interests and reshape global order. Far from being a realistic approach to the challenges of the post-September 11 world, Professor Reus-Smit argues that this approach to foreign policy is deeply idealist, and based on flawed understandings of the nature of power and the complexities of the contemporary global system. Professor Chris Reus-Smit is Head of the Department of International Relations in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. He has written many articles that have appeared in many leading international journals, and his writings have been awarded both the Northedge Prize and the British International Studies Association Prize.