Peace, Prosperity and Development: Does Globalisation Help or Hinder Peacemaking?

Lecturer: Dr Jan Selby, University of Sussex

Tokyo
Saturday 18 October 14:00 - 14:50
Education UK Exhibition Japan 2008 (Tokyo International Forum)

Lecture outline
This lecture will discuss whether economic globalisation and development help in bringing an end to civil and international armed conflicts.
International organisations (such as the United Nations and World Bank) and developed states (such as Japan and the UK) believe that it does, and it is mainly for this reason they provide large amounts of international aid to countries emerging from conflict. However, this is not the whole story, for economic development and international aid can also impede peacemaking.
Perhaps the UN and World Bank (and the UK and Japanese governments) should rethink their ideas about ‘peace, prosperity and development’? Perhaps they should even reduce the amount of aid they give for post-conflict reconstruction? This lecture will provide some answers to these difficult but crucial questions.

Japan, Oil, and its future relationship with the World?

Lecturer: Dr Sarah Hyde, University of Kent

Tokyo
Saturday 18 October 15:00 - 15:50
Education UK Exhibition Japan 2008 (Tokyo International Forum)

Lecture outline
This lecture will discuss the issues of the decline in world supplies in oil and gas, starting with the classic Hubbert peak oil theory which says that oil and gas have been in decline since 1995.
We will talk about the implications of this for the world but think about Japan in particular, as she has no natural resources of her own. We will look at the diplomatic relations Japan maintains, to ensure that she has oil and gas.
Finally, we will look at the difficult relationship Japan has with China and Russia over the discovery of oil in the areas between their countries.

Globalisation: Good or Bad

Lecturer: Dr Dorron Otter, Leeds Metropolitan University

Osaka
Sunday 19 October 16:10 - 17:00
Education UK Exhibition Japan 2008 (Umeda Sky Building 10F Aura Hall)

Lecture outline
This lecture gives an overview of how different schools of political economy have viewed globalisation. It takes as its starting point the debates about imperialism in the 19th century and then shows how essentially the competing perspectives of globalisation in the late 20th century and now 21st century have developed. It does this in a way that both shows the impact of globalisation and its potential advantages and disadvantages and ends with a challenge to the audience to test their own views as to how globalisation might progress in the future.

Trafficking of Women from a Human Rights Perspective

Lecturer: Dr Tomoya Obokata, Queen's University Belfast

Osaka
Sunday 19 October 17:10 - 18:00
Education UK Exhibition Japan 2008 (Umeda Sky Building 10F Aura Hall)

Lecture outline
This presentation will examine the growing problem of trafficking of human beings around the world, and how their human rights are affected. It will start by providing an overview of the problem of trafficking and clarify the definition of this practice established under international law. It will then highlight key human rights issues arising from this, such as violence against women, torture, and slave labour. The lecture will finish by highlighting key obligations imposed upon the governments under international human rights law.