Two-Day Conference
on
U.S. Foreign Policy and Global Instability and Conflict - The View from the South and
Implications for the Caribbean
6th and 7th December 2001
The following is the list of topics to be discussed at the above
conference.
Interested persons should e-mail Professor R. Ramsaran and submitt a tentative title or
theme by the end of October 2001.
Professor Ramsaran may be contacted at his Institute
e-mail or Faculty e-mail addresses
| 1. The post cold-war political formations and alliances, and the objectives and impact of U.S. foreign policy; |
| 2. Features of the New International Relations; |
| 3. The nature and extent of Caribbean dependence on the U.S. economy and broader questions of vulnerability; |
| 4. Lessons from U.S.-Caribbean relations for a new Caribbean foreign policy; |
| 5. The basis of Caribbean negotiations with the outside world -- myths and reality; |
| 6. Race, religion and migration in international relations; the factor of ethnicity in stability; |
| 7. Foundations of modern terrorism and implications for world peace and development; |
| 8. Sources of security concerns and the nature of security threats to the Caribbean; |
| 9. Politics and economics in the formation of foreign policy; |
| 10. Potential sources of Hemispheric conflicts and the implications for regional relations; |
| 11. The nature of security threats to Caribbean financial systems in the technology age; |
| 12. Third World collaboration in meeting new global challenges; |
| 13. Strategies for dealing with the question of economic and social instability and uncertainity. |
| 14. Implications for investment, the financial sector and tourism. |