We are pleased to announce the full program for the Seventh Global Conference of WISC, which will be held in Warsaw on 24-26 July 2024. For your convenience, a directory of confirmed participants is also available for consultation. You can browse the list here . Additionally, you can download a PDF copy here.
8:00am Registration Location: Baszkiewicz Hall
9:00am WA01: Entanglements and Disorder Location: Room 5 Panel
WA02: The Geopolitics of Climate Change: Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Response, and Sustainable Development Location: Room 105 Panel
WA03: Beyond Traditional Foreign Policy Drivers: Identity, Emotions, and Interests in a Complex World Location: Room 222 Panel
WA04: Latin America and Liberal International Order Location: Room 223 Panel
WA06: Institutionalizing the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture Location: Room 314 Panel
WA07: Local Responses to Global Migration: From Sanctuary Cities to International Alliances Location: Room 315 Panel
WA08: International Orders in Flux Location: Room 317 Panel
WA09: Challenges to be faced in building a New Shared Global Order 1 Location: Room 303 Panel
WA10: Politics and Violence in Latin America Location: Room 1.008 Panel
WA11: Configuring the Subject of Rights, Sovereignty, and Relationality Location: Room 1.138 Panel
WA12: The European Union towards the selected problems of the contemporary IR Location: Room 1.152 Panel
WA13: Populism as a Threat to the International Liberal Order Location: Room 1.158 Panel
WA14: China and Liberal International Order. Panel One Location: Room 1.162 Panel
WA15: China and Liberal International Order. Panel Two Location: Room 1.168 Panel
WA17: Geoeconomic Fragmentation and New Institutions in Global Economic Governance Location: Room 1.017 Panel
WA18: Interrogating International Orders Location: Room 1.016 Panel
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am WB01: International Conditions for Shaping Foreign Policy on the Balkan Peninsula Location: Room 5 Panel
WB02: The Domestic-International Nexus in Foreign Policy: Comparing Decision-Making, Leadership Transitions, and Regional Dynamics Location: Room 105 Panel
WB03: Global and Regional Environmental Governance: Challenges and Prospects Location: Room 222 Panel
WB04: Japanese Foreign Policy in the post-Abe Indo-Pacific Location: Room 223 Panel
WB05: Problematizing the State vs Society Binary Location: Room 303 Panel
WB06: Extraregional Approach towards Security Architecture in the Indo-Pacific Region Location: Room 315 Panel
WB07: Paradiplomacy in Asia: Regional Dynamics and Cross-Border Interactions Location: Room 317 Panel
WB08: Conceptualizing and Discussing Russian (Retro)Imperialism as a Challenge for European Security and Prospects Location: Room 0.410 Roundtable
WB09: Great Power Competition Location: Room 1.008 Panel
WB10: Political Violence and Governance in Latin America Location: Room 1.138 Panel
WB11: Sovereignty, Order, and Inequality: Critical Perspectives on State Power and International Relations Location: Room 1.152 Panel
WB12: Activities of the Global and Regional International Intergovernmental Organizations in the Area of Climate and Environment Protection Location: Room 1.158 Panel
WB13: Global Perspectives on International Security Agenda Location: Room 1.162 Panel
WB14: Thinking Globally about World Politics Location: Room 1.168 Book Roundtable
WB15: India's Global Aspiration and Liberal International Order Location: Room 1.172 Panel
WB16: Extrapolating the Globality of Global IR Location: Room 1.017 Panel
12:30pm Lunch Break
3:00pm WC01: Domestic Influences and Strategic Adjustments in Foreign Policy: Case Studies from Emerging Powers and Conflict Zones Location: Room 5 Panel
WC02: Norms, Alliances, and Transformations: Evolving Foreign Policy Dynamics in Europe and Beyond Location: Room 105 Panel
WC03: Epistemological Challenges and Material Realities: Reframing International Relations in the 21st Century Location: Room 222 Panel
WC04: Rising Powers and Shifting Dynamics: Reassessing the Liberal International Order Location: Room 1.017 Panel
WC05: Theorising International Relations Beyond the State/Society Binary: Continuity, Change, and Contestation Location: Room 303 Roundtable
WC06: Conceptualizing the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture Location: Room 317 Panel
WC07: Re-Ordering European International Society Location: Room 0.410 Panel
WC08: Global Diplomacy Redefined: The Emergence of Cities and Regions in International Relations Location: Room 1.008 Roundtable
WC09: Russian-Ukrainian War: The Impact on the International Security Agenda Location: Room 1.138 Panel
WC10: Non-traditional (In)security and Development: Spillover and Convergence Location: Room 1.152 Panel
WC11: To Look or Not to Look: Participation, Visual Agency and Global Injustices Location: Room 1.158 Panel
WC12: Global and Regional International Intergovernmental Organizations Towards the Current Security Problems Location: Room 1.162 Panel
WC13: Populism and Foreign Policy Location: Room 1.168 Panel
WC14: Trade Governance and Global Value Chains: Major Tendencies and Challenges Location: Room 1.172 Panel
4:30pm Break
4:45pm Opening Ceremony Location: Adam Mickiewicz Hall Welcome by WISC, UW and PISA authorities.
Speech by Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld (Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, 2015).
8:00pm Section Chairs' Dinner By invitation only
8:00am WISC General Assembly Meeting Location: Room 303 By invitation only
8:00am Registration Location: Baszkiewicz Hall
9:00am TA01: Theory Making and Possibilities for Global IR Location: Room 5 Panel
TA02: Shifting Strategies and Identities in Asian Foreign Policies: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Geopolitics Location: Room 105 Panel
TA03: EU Institutions and Member States towards the Enlargement Policy Reform: Does Geopolitics Matter? Location: Room 222 Roundtable
TA04: Indo-Pacific and Liberal International Order Location: Room 223 Panel
TA05: Domestic Dynamics of International Politics Location: Room 315 Panel
TA06: NATO and Europe´s Transregional Security Agenda Location: Room 317 Panel
TA07: Paradiplomacy in Action: Cities and Regions Leading Climate and Sustainability Efforts Location: Room 1.172 Panel
TA08: The EU in IR and Development Location: Room 1.008 Panel
TA09: Obstacles to Overcome in Building a New Shared Global Order Location: Room 1.138 Panel
TA10: Peace and Democratic Crisis in Latin America Location: Room 1.152 Panel
TA11: Global Financial and Monetary Governance in the Time of Geoeconomic Fragmentation Location: Room 1.158 Panel
TA12: NATO Towards the Security Challenges of the Contemporary International Order Location: Room 1.162 Panel
TA13: Populist Experiences in Great and Emerging Powers Location: Room 1.168 Panel
TA14: Liberal International Order and the Debate of North-South Division Location: Room 0.410 Roundtable
TA15: Liberal International Order Location: Room 1.017 Panel
TA16: India in Liberal International Order. Panel Two Location: Room 1.016 Panel
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am TB01: Environment, Energy, and Struggles in Disorder Location: Room 5 Panel
TB02: Latin American Foreign Policies in the Context of Global Power Dynamics and Ideological Shifts Location: Room 105 Panel
TB03: Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Variables and Cases Location: Room 222 Roundtable
TB04: Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture - part 1 Location: Room 223 Panel
TB05: Identities and Diasporas in World Politics Location: Room 303 Panel
TB06: Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture - part 2 Location: Room 314 Panel
TB07: Redefining the Diplomatic Landscape: Theoretical Insights into Paradiplomacy and City Diplomacy Location: Room 315 Panel
TB08: Critical Studies and Interdisciplinary Approaches on International Security Location: Room 317 Panel
TB09: Democracy, hierarchy and hegemony in a New Shared Global Order Location: Room 0.410 Panel
TB10: European Regional Security Studies Location: Room 1.008 Panel
TB11: Winning the War: Irregular Warfare and Strategic Competition Location: Room 1.138 Panel
TB12: International Institutions Towards the Political, Security and Social Challenges of the Contemporary International Order Location: Room 1.152 Panel
TB13: Postcolonial Perspectives on International Politics Location: Room 1.158 Panel
TB14: Deconstruction of Liberal International Order. Panel One Location: Room 1.162 Panel
TB15: Deconstruction of Liberal International Order. Panel Two Location: Room 1.168 Panel
TB16: Deconstruction of Liberal International Order. Panel Three Location: Room 1.172 Panel
TB17: Towards a Post-Liberal International Order? Location: Room 1.017 Panel
TB18: European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) 50th anniversary roundtable, with APISA on ‘Conversations between International Studies and Development Studies’ Location: Room 1.016 Roundtable
12:30pm Lunch Break
3:00pm TC01: The New International Order and Disorder Location: Room 5 Panel
TC02: Foreign Policy in a Comparative Perspective: Variables and Cases II Location: Room 105 Roundtable
TC03: Unveiling New Agendas: Rethinking Foreign Policy in Latin America Location: Room 222 Panel
TC04: World Society, Peace and International Order Location: Room 223 Panel
TC05: Beyond-the-state and Non-state Dimensions of World Politics Location: Room 303 Panel
TC06: Regional Actors in the Indo-Pacific Security Architecture - part 3 Location: Room 317 Panel
TC07: Crossing Borders, Bridging Levels: Paradiplomacy in Action Across Continents Location: Room 0.410 Panel
TC08: Challenges to Be Faced in Building a New Shared Global Order 2 Location: Room 1.008 Panel
TC09: Conflict, Cooperation and the Global South in Global IR Location: Room 1.138 Panel
TC10: Global South Perspectives and International Security Location: Room 1.152 Panel
TC11: Activities of International Intergovernmental Organizations in Light of the Selected IR Theories Location: Room 1.158 Panel
TC12: International Institutions Towards Selected Social Problems in the Contemporary IR Location: Room 1.162 Panel
TC13: Selected Challenges of Regional Economic Development Location: Room 1.168 Panel
TC14: Shifting Power Dynamics and New World Orders: Rethinking North-South Relations Location: Room 1.172 Panel
TC15: Africa and Liberal International Order Location: Room 1.017 Panel
4:30pm Break
5:00pm Plenary Session: The Sciences of the International: Allodoxia, Apocrypha, Misology, Misoneism, and Cryptomnesia Location: Adam Mickiewicz Hall Keynote speaker Prof. Siba N. Grovogui
7:00pm Reception Dinner Location: The Gardens of the Royal Castle
8:00am Registration Location: Baszkiewicz Hall
9:00am FA01: Blocs, Groups, and Disorder Location: Room 5 Panel
FA02: Strategic Influences and Leadership in Foreign Policy Decision-Making: Comparative Case Studies from Europe, Asia, and Beyond Location: Room 105 Panel
FA03: War in Ukraine and Its Implication to Liberal International Order Location: Room 222 Panel
FA04: International Security Location: Room 223 Panel
FA05: Methodological and Conceptual Challenges to Traditional IR Binaries Location: Room 303 Panel
FA06: Regional Powers and Institutions in the Indo-Pacific: New Challenges Location: Room 315 Roundtable
FA07: Multi-Level Governance and Subnational Diplomacy: Comparative Perspectives and Case Studies Location: Room 317 Panel
FA08: Populism, Nationalism and Migration Location: Room 1.162 Panel
FA09: The BRICS Plus: A major Challenge to a New Shared Global Order 1 Location: Room 1.008 Panel
FA10: US and Asymmetric Security Relations Location: Room 1.138 Panel
FA11: China in Global Economic Order Location: Room 1.152 Panel
FA12: Non-European International Organizations Towards the Challenges of the Contemporary International Order Location: Room 1.158 Panel
10:30am Coffee Break
11:00am FB01: European Security in the Age of Contestation Location: Room A Semi-Plenary 01
FB02: Interrogating the International Location: Room B Semi-Plenary 02
FB03: The Global South Shaping the World Agenda Location: Room 0.410 Semi-Plenary 03
FB04: The State of Art of the IR Discipline in Poland Location: Room D Semi-Plenary 04
12:30pm Lunch Break
3:00pm FC01: The BRICS Plus: A major Challenge to a New Shared Global Order 2 Location: Room 5 Panel
FC02: Contested Interventions and Strategic Alliances: Analyzing Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Conflict Zones Location: Room 105 Panel
FC03: Re-Thinking Order in International Society Location: Room 222 Panel
FC04: Political Sociology and International Politics Location: Room 223 Panel
FC05: Heterarchy in World Politics and Global Governance Location: Room 303 Panel
FC06: The Latin American Mosaic: Politics, Non-State Actors and Violence Location: Room 315 Roundtable
FC07: Foreign Policy in the Age of Contestation Location: Room 317 Panel
FC08: States, Power Distribution, and the Indo-Pacific Location: Room 0.410 Roundtable
FC09: Liberal International Order from a Dogma of Post Colonial Study Location: Room 1.008 Panel
FC10: Thirty Years of Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" - The Role of Religion and Cultural Identity in International Relations Location: Room 1.138 Panel
FC11: National and Local Development - Selected Evidence from the Global South Location: Room 1.152 Panel
FC12: War in Ukraine as a Catalyst of Changes in the Contemporary International Order Location: Room 1.158 Panel
4:30pm Coffee Break
5:00pm FD01: Challenges and Realignments in Foreign and Security Policies: Insights from Recent Global Conflicts and Crises Location: Room 5 Panel
FD02: Non-State Actors in International Security Location: Room 222 Panel
FD03: Voted In and Voted Out: The Recent Elections and the Foreign Policy of Populists Location: Room 1.152 Roundtable
FD04: The Rule of Law in the Multilevel Context: Resilience – Backsliding – Improvement Location: Room 303 Panel
FD05: State vs Society in Discourse and Diplomacy Location: Room 317 Panel
FD06: India in International Liberal Order Location: Room 0.410 Roundtable
FD07: Cooperation Between International Intergovernmental Organizations in the Light of Challenges of the Contemporary International Order Location: Room 1.008 Panel
FD08: Winning the Minds: Conjecture, Conspiracy and the Power of New Media Location: Room 1.138 Panel
FD09: The Gaze of Copernicus: Postcolonialism, Serendipity, and International Relations Location: Room 1.014 Book Roundtable
