Lecture The Techno-politics and Geopolitics of Nuclear Cooperation between Argentina and China Webinar
Dr. Max Vila Seoane, Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina and Professor at the School of Politics & Government of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), together with Dr. Daniel Blinder, Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina and Professor at the National University of José Clemente Paz, Argentina, will give a talk on nuclear cooperation between Argentina and China and its implications for techno-politics and geopolitics in South America.
Dr. Max Vila Seoane is a postdoctoral researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, and a Professor at the School of Politics & Government of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), where he teaches graduate and postgraduate courses on international relations, techno-politics and international communication. He has published articles in Spanish and English in prestigious journals, such as Information Communication and Society, Chinese Journal of Communication, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Third World Quarterly, etc., and book chapters from Routledge Publishing. Currently, Dr. Vila Seoane investigates how the intensifying rivalry between the US and China is transforming techno-politics in South America.
Dr. Daniel Blinder is a Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) of Argentina, and Professor at the National University of José Clemente Paz, Argentina. He is specializing in International Relations, Geopolitics of technology, Space Policy, and National Defense. Among his latest works are: Falklands/Malvinas’ Air Warfare and Its Consequences: A Critical Geopolitical Approach (The Falklands/Malvinas War in the South Atlantic, Palgrave); Covid-19 and Semi-Periphery: Argentina and the Global Vaccines Research and Development (Journal of World-Systems Research, Vol. 27 Nº2); and (in Spanish) Foreign space bases: the construction of an imaginary about China and Europe in the Argentine press and politics (Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad, Vol. 12 Nº36); Geopolitics of strategic and non-strategic technologies (Revista Estudos Internacionais, Vol. 7 Nº2); and World Order and technology: Institutional analysis from the geopolitical perspective in the semi-periphery: space and missile technology in Argentina and Brazil (Revista Geopolíticas(s), Vol. 8 Nº2).