Security in Context, in partnership with the OU Center for Peace and Development and the Centro de Estudios China-Mexico at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, presents "International Seminar: The China Effect - Rethinking Development in Latin America and the Caribbean"
DATE: December 3, 2025
TIME: 9 AM - 12:30 PM CST (10 AM - 1:30 PM ET)
ZOOM ID: 899 1660 5224
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The International Seminar seeks to examine the conceptual and strategic policy implications of shifting socioeconomic and global power dynamics, particularly the rise of China in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the intensifying US-China confrontation, on LAC and the wider Global South.
Introduction: 9:00-9:10 AM
Firat Demir, University of Oklahoma & Security in Context (SIC)
Enrique Dussel Peters, Graduate School of Economics, UNAM and CECHIMEX
Session 1: 9:10 AM-10:40 AM
Moderator: Firat Demir, Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma & SIC
Kevin Gallagher, Boston University and Global Development Policy Center
Celio Hiratuka, State University of Campinas, Brazil
Enrique Dussel Peters, Graduate School of Economics, UNAM and CECHIMEX
Session 2: 10:45 AM-12:30 PM
Moderator: Firat Demir, University of Oklahoma & SIC
Rhys Jenkins, School of Global Development, University of East Anglia
Jorge Carrillo Viveros, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Evan Ellis, Latin American Studies, The U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
For information or accomodations, contact Jennifer Grover at jgrover@ou.edu
