BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Talk: Order without Hegemony - Manjeet S. Pardesi (Victoria University of Wellington)\, Rosemary Foot (St Antony's College)\, Faisal D evji DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260226T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260226T153000Z UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b694d03f-9ec5-4255-8eb6-4015d1f444df/ DESCRIPTION:What comes after American hegemony? In this book\, Acharya and Pardesi compare the interplay of power and ideas in the ancient Mediterra nean and Indian Ocean to explain why the two regions took divergent paths to peace and stability. They also discuss its lessons for international or der today. While the ancient Mediterranean order was shaped by the hegemon y of Rome\, the Indian Ocean developed an open and inclusive international order without the dominance of any single power. Moreover\, the Indian Oc ean provides a more robust example of the peaceful spread of ideas and cul ture than the ancient Mediterranean where Hellenization or the spread of G reek ideas was often accompanied by violence and imperialism. Applying the divergent experiences of the two regions\, the book argues that the histo ry the Indian Ocean before European colonization offers a more useful fram ework for reshaping world order as the US- and Western- dominated Liberal International Order comes to an end. The Indian Ocean framework points to an alternative model of order building\, a multiplex rather than a multipo lar approach\, that could sustain efforts to build peace and stability in the emerging Indo-Pacific region.\nBook: Amitav Acharya and Manjeet S. Par desi\, Divergent Worlds: What the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean C an Tell Us About the Future of International Order https://yalebooks.yale. edu/book/9780300214987/divergent-worlds/\n\n\nManjeet S. Pardesi is Associ ate Professor of International Relations in the Political Science and Inte rnational Relations Programme and Asia Research Fellow at the Centre for S trategic Studies\, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Hi s research focuses on global orders and global history\, great power polit ics\, Asian security\, and the Sino-Indian rivalry.\nHis most recent book\ , Divergent Worlds: What the Ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean Can Te ll Us About the Future of International Order (co-authored with Amitav Ach arya)\, was published by Yale University Press in 2025 and received the 20 26 T. V. Paul Book Prize from the International Studies Association. A Chi nese-language edition is expected in 2026. He is also co-author of The Sin o-Indian Rivalry: Implications for Global Order (with Sumit Ganguly and Wi lliam R. Thompson\, Cambridge University Press\, 2023).\nHis work has appe ared in journals such as European Journal of International Relations\, Sec urity Studies\, Survival\, and Global Studies Quarterly\, as well as in ed ited volumes. \nHe received his PhD in Political Science from Indiana Univ ersity\, Bloomington. He holds an MSc in Strategic Studies from the Instit ute of Defence and Strategic Studies (now the S. Rajaratnam School of Inte rnational Studies)\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore\, and a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological U niversity.\n\nSpeakers:\nManjeet S. Pardesi (Victoria University of Wellin gton)\, Rosemary Foot (St Antony's College)\, Faisal Devji LOCATION:St Antony's College (Dahrendorf Room)\, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF TZID:Europe/London URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b694d03f-9ec5-4255-8eb6-4015d1f444df/ BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:display DESCRIPTION:Talk:Book Talk: Order without Hegemony - Manjeet S. Pardesi ( Victoria University of Wellington)\, Rosemary Foot (St Antony's College)\, Faisal Devji TRIGGER:-PT1H END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR