South Asia Program
Russia's Sanctions Won't Doom the U.S. Dollar

Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy, write this opinion piece arguing that sanctions on Russia won’t disrupt the fundamental structure of global finance. Prasad is also quoted in TIME and The New York Times on Russian sanctions.
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U.S. Response to Ukraine Invasion Sows Further Doubts about Defending Taiwan

Allen Carlson, EAP/SAP/CMSP
“America’s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan underscored worries as it raised questions about Washington’s commitment to its allies,” says Allen Carlson, associate professor of government. “Now, Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated all this anxiety as it is a direct challenge to Washington, and America’s deterrent capabilities.”
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Russia Tried to Isolate Itself, But Financial Ties Called its Bluff

Eswar Prasad, SAP
“I think in the longer term, certainly U.S. rivals such as China and Russia will try to find workarounds,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.
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Ukrainian Invasion Adds to Chaos for Global Supply Chains

Eswar Prasad, SAP
“Even when trade flows may take place directly between Russia and its trading partners, the reality is that payments often have to go through a Western-dominated financial system, and usually have to go through a Western currency,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and international trade policy.
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Central Bank Digital Currencies Set to Eat into US Dollar Hegemony

Eswar Prasad, SAP
“We are soon going to be moving to a world where we will have global access to digital versions of the dollar or the Chinese renminbi and many of the other major currencies,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of international trade policy.
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U.S. Allies Roll Out Fresh Sanctions on Russia Amid Debate Over How Hard to Hit

Eswar Prasad, SAP
Eswar Prasad talks about the effects major economic sanctions would have on the dollar-dominated global financial system.
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Genealogies of Anti-Asian/Asia Violences Symposium

March 25, 2022
9:00 am
220 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University
The Cornell-Syracuse South Asia Consortium presents a symposium interrogating the histories and trajectories of anti-Asian violences.
The recent surge of racially motivated attacks on Asians in the United States brought renewed attention to the issue of anti-Asian violence. It is necessary to situate this rising tide of violence in the broader histories that have produced it. By taking up “Asia” as a fraught geopolitical category that is formed through imperialist projects, this symposium attends to the underlying logics of violence that are crucial to rendering these histories legible. Building connections that are enabled by transnational, relational, and critical lenses not only will deepen insights into the discourse of anti-Asian violence, but also will allow a meaningful consideration of the implications of this moment for solidarity and movement- building. This symposium will convene a cohort of scholars, students, and activists whose work can collectively help trace the genealogies and geographies of anti-Asian violence.
The South Asia Program is coordinating efforts for current Cornell students, faculty and staff to travel to and from Syracuse for this event on Friday March 25. Please fill out this form by March 18 if you are interested in a ride (or are able to offer others a ride) to and from Syracuse for the symposium. Space is limited.
220 Eggers Hall (Strasser Legacy Room), Syracuse University
Roundtable: Queering Solidarities: Race, Caste, and Gender
Chris Eng (Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Washington in St. Louis)
Sangeeta Kamat (Professor, Comparative and International Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
William Mosley (Assistant Professor, Program for Interdisciplinary Humanities, Wake Forest University)
Esther K. (Red Canary Song Collective)
Discussant: Viranjini Munasinghe (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Cornell University)
Panel: Cripping Violence, Indigeneity and Pedagogy: Global Perspectives
Juliann Anesi (Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles)
Deepika Meena (Research Scholar, IIT Gandhinagar)
Edward Nadurata (Graduate Student, Department of Global and International Studies, UC Irvine)
Discussant: Michael Gill (Associate Professor, Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University)
Panel: Transnational Asia: Feminist & Decolonial Critiques
Juliana Hu Pegues (Associate Professor, Literatures in English, Cornell)
Danika Medak-Saltzman (Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Syracuse University)
Deepti Misri (Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Discussant: Mona Bhan (Associate Professor, Anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, Syracuse University)
Closing Keynote
Iyko Day, Mount Holyoke College
“Nuclear Antipolitics and the Queer Art of Logistical Failure”
CO-SPONSORED BY:
At Cornell University: South Asia Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, East Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program, and Asian American Studies Program
At Syracuse University: Graduate School, Humanities Center, Hendricks Chapel, Department of Cultural Foundations of Education, Department of English, Department of Religion, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, East Asia Program, Asian/Asian American Studies Program, Disability Studies; Disability Cultural Center, Intergroup Dialogue, and Democratizing Knowledge Collective
With funding from the Department of Education Title VI Program.
FACULTY CO-ORGANIZERS:
Susan Thomas, Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University
Antonio Tiongson, Department of English, Syracuse University
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Political Elites Matter: An Inside-out Approach explaining the Peace, Conflict and Foreign Policy of Afghanistan

March 14, 2022
12:15 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Talk by Sharif Hozoori
Analyzing the situation of Afghanistan, its past struggle and instability, war and displacement, peace and conflict, scholars would argue that the external forces and power politics are influential and effective in articulation of events but the current research highlights a different scenario by proposing the role of political elites in bringing changes to the political environment. However, such change has a profound effect on domestic and foreign policy transformation as well. This study deals with the role of political elites in the changing domestic politics and transformation of foreign policy of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2014. It deals with two concepts: the political elite disunity and the political elite consensus. Accordingly, it tries to explain the two regimes: the Taliban’s first theocratic regime (1996-2001) and the democratic establishment after 2001. This study looks to answer that how political elite disunity contributed to the instability of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 which led to civil war and Islamization of foreign policy and how elite settlement and elite consensus led to democratic political establishment, domestic stability and caused for inclusionary foreign policy initiative post 9/11 in Afghanistan.
Sharif Hozoori is originally from Afghanistan. He holds PhD in International Relations from Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His PhD thesis entitled Role of Political Elites in Foreign Policy Transformation: A Case Study of Afghanistan from 2001-2014. Mr Hozoori has earned his Master degree in International Relations from Department of International Relations, South Asian University in New Delhi. His dissertation was Radicalization of Muslims in South Asia: Implication for regional security. Upon his return to Afghanistan in 2019, He started teaching both in undergraduate and post graduates. At the same time, he has done administrative works as he was Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of Afghanistan University until recently before leaving the country in August 2021. Currently Mr. Hozoori is the IIE-SRF fellow and visiting scholar at South Asia Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University. His area of research is Afghanistan politics and foreign policy, ethnic identity, South Asia politics, cultural studies and conflict resolution and peace.
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Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
S&TS Colloquium: Lilly Irani

March 14, 2022
3:30 pm
Physical Sciences Building, 401
Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India
The ethos of innovation and entrepreneurship, honed in high-technology firms, has colonized philanthropy, development projects, government policies, and even thinking about international diplomacy. Innovation competitions, hackathons, and corporate mythologies around figures such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs proliferate optimism that passionate dreamers can change the world. But do entrepreneurial approaches to innovation really serve social needs? In this talk, I trace the history of this entrepreneurial form of citizenship in India, from colonial times to the present. I offer case studies that demonstrate how innovation needs to change to prioritize the needs of people over elite companies and institutions. This talk is drawn from my book Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India (Princeton University Press).
Lilly Irani is an Associate Professor of Communication & Science Studies at University of California, San Diego. She also serves as faculty in the Design Lab, Institute for Practical Ethics, the program in Critical Gender Studies, and sits on the Academic Advisory Board of AI Now (NYU). She is author of Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India (Princeton University Press, 2019) and Redacted (with Jesse Marx) (Taller California, 2021). Chasing Innovation has been awarded the 2020 International Communication Association Outstanding Book Award and the 2019 Diana Forsythe Prize for feminist anthropological research on work, science, or technology, including biomedicine.
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Flee

April 22, 2022
7:00 pm
Willard Straight Theatre
2021 > Denmark > Directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
With Daniel Karimyar, Farhan Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh
Amin arrived in Copenhagen as a teenage refugee from Afghanistan under the Taliban. Now, 20 years later, he relates his story to director Rasumussen as he struggles with secrets from his past on the brink of marrying his boyfriend, in a stunning animated documentary which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. The film has been shortlisted for both Best International Feature and Best Documentary Feature Oscars. Subtitled. More at www.fleemovie.com
1 hr 30 min
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Einaudi Center for International Studies