SDGAcademyX: Globalization: Past and Future

• The six waves of globalization, from trade by sea to the fourth industrial revolution
• Emerging leaders -- the nations pushing progress and dominating the global economy
• Globalization and sustainable development -- the value of a shared global vision and ethics

Module 1: Waves of Globalization in History

• Six Major Globalizations
• Prime Drivers
• The Eurasian Advantage
• The Classical World
• The Medieval Chinese Miracle

Module 2: Ocean-Based Globalization: 1500-1800

• Sea-Based Globalization
• Global Trade in Commodities
• Conquest, Slavery and Genocide in the Americas
• Imperial Competition
• The Beginning of Divergence of the West and Asia

Module 3: The Anglo-American World: 1800-2000

• James Watt Changes the World
• The Next Comers: US, Germany, Japan and the Rest
• High European Imperialism
• The European Immolation and Decolonization
• US-led Globalization

Module 4: The New Globalization

• The Eclipse of the North Atlantic
• Hitting Planetary Boundaries
• The Information Revolution
• The Quest for Sustainable Development
• Global Governance for Sustainable Development
• Shared Global Vision and Ethics