Graduate Programs in International Affairs presents series 1 of Decolonizing International Affairs - 

The Past and Future of the New International Order: An Agenda to Decolonize the Global Economy

In 1974, nations of the South won an agreement to end economic colonialism and dependence that had persisted despite political independence - the New International Economic Order (NIEO) that laid out a plan to decolonize trade, finance and natural resource management was agreed at the UN. Yet the old colonial structures endure and inequalities have deepened.   Five decades later — confronting similar crises under vastly different conditions — the Global South is once again advancing a vision of an NIEO for the 21st century at the United Nations. The original NIEO is today considered a failure. But recently political leaders and scholars have begun to reappraise this experience.  In this lecture, David Adler and Varsha Gandikota-Nellucia will explore the reasons why the NIEO was originally won at the UN, why it was then lost in political translation, and what lessons that history holds for the present efforts to decolonize international affairs.  

Presenters: David Adler and Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Co-Coordinators of Progressive International, 

Discussant: Stefan Liebich, Executive Director, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung New York Office

Discussant: Sean Jacobs, Director, Graduate Programs in International Affairs, The New School

Moderator: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School

This is the first in a series of 3 seminars and panels this semester on Decolonizing International Affairs