Potential Public Confidence in Political Structures in the Present-Day World
Functioning of political systems is increasingly characterized by the changing dynamics of confidence in the present-day subjects and structures of the political process. Therefore, the issues of discovering the nature of the public attitude towards government institutions and political structures appear on the agenda. Special emphasis is given to the legal status and the rules of international cooperation.
Main Vectors of Discussion:
October 9 (Saturday), (Hall “Patmos”-“Kos”)
Moderators:
Wladislaw Czaplinski (Poland) – Director, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, professor;
Olivier Giscard d’Estaing (France) – Chairman of the INSEAD Foundation
Part 1. Delegation of Sovereignty in the Present World
Opening speech: Olivier Giscard d’Estaing
Hans-Joachim Heintze (Germany) – Associate Professor, Ruhr University Bochum, Editor of “International Humanitarian Law”
“The Changing Understanding of State Sovereignty: Failing States and International Organizations”
Boguslaw Banaszak (Poland) – Head of the Institute of Constitutional Law, Full Professor of University of Wroclaw
“The Globalisation and the National States”
Richard Sakwa (United Kingdom) – Professor, University of Kent
“Subjects or Citizens: the Modernisation of Constitutional Sovereignty Rights in Contemporary Russia”
Denis Dragunsky (Russia) – editor-in-chief, world policy magazine “Kosmopolis”
"Sovereignty and Globalization" (in Russian)
Gagik Ghazinyan (Armenia) – Law Faculty dean of the Erevan University, professor, President of the Jurists Union of Armenia
“Delegation of the state sovereign rights as a guarantee of a real peace and stability” (in Russian)
Qiang Xiaoyun (China) – Deputy Director, Center for Russian-Central Asian Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies
“Migration and migration relations in the context of Chinese migration in Russia” (in Russian)
Carlo Gallo (Italy) – Senior Analyst, Control Risks Corporation
“Russia’s Power Delegation to the Regions: Can the Vertical, Top-Down Approach Work?”
Part 2. Legal status of international organizations in the post-crisis world
Main Speakers:
Hans Koechler (Austria) – President of the “International progress” organization
“The United Nations Organization and International Legitimacy: Reflections on the Role of the Security Council”
Lauri Mälksoo (Estonia) – Professor of International Law, Tartu University
“The Legitimacy of the United Nations in the 21st Century”
Come Carpentier de Gourdon (France) - Convenor, Indian Energy Controls
“Alternatives for political and economic organization in the new century”
Part 3. National Elite and Social Representation: Role and Functions Related to the Formation of Social Conscience
Main Speakers:
Anatoly Kapustin (Russia) – Head of the International Law Department of the Peoples Friendship University of Russia
“International law problems in the international financial control development in the post-crisis time: IMF stagnation