Speaker: The UNESCO Chair in Transnational Challenges and Governance and Chair of the ASEAN Studies Center,Professor of American University, Washington, D.C.

This public talk was to explore how the 1955 Bandung conference has influenced the formation of the contemporary world order. This talk was impressive as the perspectives provided are both insightful and resourceful.  Professor Acharya revealed that as the first multilateral and intercontinental conference held after the Second World War, Bandung Conference had large contribution to both the scope and the meaning of the development post-war world political dynamics. The conference also presented some legacies such as reshaping the Cold War, the Birth of Non-Alignment movement, and the delegitimation of the Cold War Pacts. Most importantly, the conference has also created norm subsidiarity, such as universal sovereignty, anti-colonialism, universal human rights, UN, and disarmament. Last but not least, the conference paved the way for the creation of the current ASEAN community and the foundation of the importance of South-South solidarity and cooperation. In short, Bandung conference is one of the milestones movement in post-war international political dynamics.