In the second session of the Global Thinkers of the International Discussion Series, join Faisal Devji of the Faculty of History and St Antony’s College for a discussion of the international thought of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Jinnah was a lawyer, a politician, and the founder of modern Pakistan. Faced with the serious problems of a young country, he tackled Pakistan’s problems with authority. He was not regarded as merely the Governor-General, and is revered as the father of the nation. He worked hard until overpowered by age and disease in Karachi, the place of his birth, in 1948.

This book focuses on one of the most highly charged relationships of the Euro crisis, that between Greece and Germany, from 2009 to 2015. It explores the many ways in which Greeks and Germans represented and often insulted one another in the media, how their self-understanding shifted in the process, and how this in turn affected their respective appraisal of the EU and that which divides us or keeps us together as Europeans.

You’ve heard it many times by now: we are entering a period of innovation and disruption, fueled by the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and solutions. Some believe this is hype. Others believe that AI is a general-purpose technology on par with the invention of electricity and the steam engine, and that it will usher in a new economic and social era. By the end of this workshop, you can decide.

While rule requires the willing obedience of the ruled to the rulers, it also requires the willing obedience of the rulers to the limits of constitutional order. The first of three lectures developing a sub-theme of what might be called Platonic realism, this lecture argues for friendship as key to reconciling liberty and obedience in Republic IX and Laws III.

*Lecture Four: Rule and Liberty*

While rule requires the willing obedience of the ruled to the rulers, it also requires the willing obedience of the rulers to the limits of constitutional order. The first of three lectures developing a sub-theme of what might be called Platonic realism, this lecture argues for friendship as key to reconciling liberty and obedience in Republic IX and Laws III.

_The Carlyle Lectures are a lecture series co-sponsored by the Department of Politics and International Relations and the Faculty of History._

There is a small but growing literature on the effect of diaspora networks on flows of global trade and capital. This literature, however, only explores the direct effect of co-ethnic networks on international trade and investment. But the argument about the role of co-ethnic networks has important implications beyond this direct effect. Because transnational networks of migrants and co-ethnics help transmit information across national borders they can serve as a substitute for weak institutions or poor arbitration mechanisms that may otherwise hinder cross-border economic activity.