The geopolitics of chaos. The Covid-19 world
28 October– 9 December 2020
The health and economic crisis triggered by the pandemic is destined to make history. Talking with experts, in this cycle we will seek to form hypotheses on the trends and evolution of the global context.
In collaboration with the Tempora association.
A region in chaos?
- Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 18:30 - 20:00
The Middle East, one of the world's most unstable regions, remains riddled with social, political and religious conflicts which condemn it to a tortuous path towards development. A situation that has been further amplified by the health crisis, the emergency in Syria and Lebanon, and the intricate balance of regional power which has been thrown into disarray by the gradual withdrawal of the United States.
With **Marina Calculli**
The technological challenge
- Thursday 12 November 2020 at 18:30 - 20:00
2 The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated a number of pre-existing trends. These include the incipient digital and technological revolution, intensified in recent months by the tension between the US and China over 5G. The level of access to these technologies, including artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, will be crucial in redefining global geopolitical equilibriums. Beginning with the inevitable transformations in the job markets of industrial powers.
With **Alberto Forchielli**
Future scenarios
- Wednesday 9 December 2020 at 18:30 - 20:00
3 The pandemic has opened our eyes to two facts: the fragility of man, as a biological organism, when faced with the complexity of the Anthropocene, and the failure of the international liberal order, conceived to govern our growing interdependence. A warning for the future, to reconstruct a global social, economic and political order with the human factor at the centre.
With **Vittorio Emanuele Parsi**
