BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a4310c00dcdbee667cbe6b444e7d61b9 DTSTAMP:20260416T071909Z SUMMARY:Geoeconomic competition in a post-neoliberal global order DESCRIPTION:Contact: jonathan.friedrich@keg.lu.se\n\nThe observation that w e live in a world after neoliberal globalization is\, in the age of Trump and China‘s rise\, a truism. At the same time\, we are being flooded wit h analyses that herald the advent of a more ‚geopolitical‘ world. When the effects of the COVID19 pandemic revealed the fragility of global supp ly chains\, people quickly began to talk of a process of »de-globalisatio n«. The rise of China has led Western politicians and commentators to dem and protectionist measures. And against the backdrop of growing internatio nal tensions\, many feel we are witnessing a return of geopolitics.In this talk\, I argue that such as geopolitical reading of our times is neither empirically accurate nor politically helpful. Rather\, we should develop a n empirically sensitive lens that studies instances of geoeconomic competi tion closer to better understand where a post-neoliberal global order is h eading. Different from a geopolitical reading\, a geoeconomic lens allows us to go beyond a narrow focus on national security\, on states as sole ac tors in the world system\, and on confrontation as the only possibility of enaging in international politics. Rather\, it emphasizes the economic co mpetition for relative gains that it at the heart of our times\; the power non-state actors like multinational corporations wield\; and the differen t modes of engagement that actors display when they enter the world of geo economic competition.Addressing key state\, market and political transform ations of our times and analyzing them from a geoeconomic lens\, I develop a framework for thinking about what lies beyond the horizon of neoliberal globalization – and what perils and possibilities this new global order presents to the actors involved in building it.Milan Babić is Associate Professor in Political Economy of Finance at the \;Political Science D epartment \;at the University of Amsterdam and PI of the \;DECARB project. His research deals with the transformations of the global politic al economy towards a geoeconomic global order\; the political economy of d ecarbonization\; and state-led investment. He co-edited \;The Politica l Economy of Geoeconomics (Palgrave 2022) and wrote two monographs: \; The Rise of State Capital (Agenda 2023) and \;Geökonomie (Suhrkamp 20 25). Before joining the University of Amsterdam\, he worked at Maastricht University and Roskilde University in Denmark. \;The lecture isarrange d with the support of the Centre for European Studies\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.keg.lu.se/en/calendar/geoeconomic-competition -post-neoliberal-global-order DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260512T130000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260512T150000 LOCATION:Sölvegatan 10 Geocentrum 1\, Room: Världen END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR