*Cities and States: The New Global Players*
*Seminar by Rodrigo TavaresWednesday, January 2810:00 - 11:00 amTaubman 301*
Rodrigo Tavares, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and former
Head of the São Paulo State Government's Office of Foreign Affairs
(2011-2014)
The international activism of subnational governments (city and states) is
rapidly growing across the world, discreetly transforming diplomatic
practices and the delivery of public services. Cities and/or states sign
international agreements, are members of international organizations, have
formal relations with sovereign nations and run their own diplomatic
representations. The seminar provides an overview of paradiplomacy
worldwide and explores what lies ahead for foreign affairs, urbanism and
public policies.
Rodrigo Tavares is a Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University’s John F.
Kennedy School of Government (Taubman Center for State and Local
Government). He served as Head of the Office of Foreign Affairs of São
Paulo’s State Government (2011-2014). His latest books are Security in
South America (Lynne Rienner, 2014) and Regional Security: The Capacity of
International Organizations (Routledge, 2010).