Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) in collaboration with The Wire (as the media partner), Sambhaavnaa Institute & Progressive International, are co-organising a series of webinars conceived to better understand the global moment we are all inhabiting.
The eight part webinar series titled The Political Economy of the Trump Era: Challenges & Opportunities of the Shifting World Order would have the following thematic conversations:
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The Tariff Wars: India & the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade
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Time of Monsters: Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation
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International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India and the Global South
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The Great Extinction: Trump & The Threat of Climate/Environmental Collapse
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Standing Up to the Empire: Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism from the Unipolar System
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Trump Pulls the Plug: The Global Tax Negotiations and the Struggle Against Inequality
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Imperialism in the Multipolar World: Resistance from India and the Global South
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Gags to Gaza: Standing up to the Neo-fascist onslaught in India & the World
Date: 17th May to 11th June | Every Saturday & Wednesday | 4 pm IST
Register here: https://bit.ly/trump-era
Webinar Link: https://bit.ly/tariffwar
🔴 Webinar l
THE TARIFF WARS: 
India & the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade
🗓️ 17th May | Saturday | 4 pm IST
Speakers:
▪️ Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist)
▪️ Ranja Sengupta (Third World Network)
▪️ Andres Arauz (Economist & Former Minister, Ecuador)
Moderator:
V Sridhar (Senior Journalist)
Read the complete webinar report for key takeaways and insights here.
🔴 Webinar ll
TIME OF MONSTERS:
Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation
🗓️ 21st May | Wednesday | 4 pm IST
Speakers:
▪️ Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (Journalist)
▪️ Aditya Nigam (Political Theorist)
▪️ Ladan Mehranvar (Legal Researcher on Sustainable Investment)
Moderator:
Sharmita Kar (The Wire)
Read the complete webinar report for key takeaways and insights here.
🔴 Webinar III
International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India & the Global South
🗓️ 24th May | Saturday | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm IST
Speakers:
▪️ Thomas Isaac (Economist, Former Finance Minister, Kerala)
▪️ CP Chandrasekhar (Economist, Economic Research Foundation)
▪️ Demba Moussa Dembele (Economist, Senegal, African Forum of Alternatives)
▪️ Joe Athialy (Centre for Financial Accountability)
Moderator:
Anusha Lall (Focus on the Global South)
🔴 Webinar IV
The Great Extinction: Trump & the Threat of Climate Collapse
🗓️ 28th May | Saturday | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm IST
Speakers:
▪️ Disha Ravi (Climate Justice Youth Activist)
▪️ Harjeet Singh (Climate Justice Advocate & Activist)
▪️ Soumya Dutta (Climate Scientist & Activist)
Moderator:
Nitin Sethi (Investigative Journalist)
🔴 Webinar V
STANDING UP TO THE EMPIRE Reclaiming Southern Multilateralism 
🗓️ 31st May | Saturday | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm IST
Speakers:
- Biswajit Dhar (Economist)
- Guillaume Long (Former Foreign Minister, Ecuador)
- Shalmali Guttal (Senior Analyst, Focus on the Global South)
- Dinesh Abrol (Public Policy Expert)
Moderator:
- Jahnavi Sen (Journalist, The Wire)
🔴 Webinar VI
TRUMP PULLS THE PLUG: 
Global Tax Negotiations & the Struggle Against Inequality
🗓️ 4th June | Wednesday | 4 pm IST
Speakers:
- Jayati Ghosh (Senior Economist)
- MK Venu (Senior Journalist, The Wire)
- Anmol Somanchi (Researcher, Inequality Analyst)
Moderator:
- Anirban Bhattacharya (Centre for Financial Accountability)
🔴 Webinar VII
IMPERIALISM IN THE MULTIPOLAR WORLD: 
Resistance from India & the Global South
🗓️ 7th June | Saturday | 4 pm IST
Speakers:
- Walden Bello (Academician & Activist)
- Anuradha Chenoy (Academician & Activist)
- Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla (Co-General Coordinator, Progressive International)
Moderator:
- Thomas Franco (Former General Secretary, AIBOC)