Intelligence Squared debate: "Look West not East: South America will be the 21st century's superpower" March 22, 2011

Chaired by Jonathan Freedland, the Guardian columnist, author and broadcaster, this event brings together Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, author of 'What if Latin America ruled the world?', HE Roberto Jaguaribe, Brazilian ambassador to the UK and Parag Khanna, Director of the Global Governance Initiative and author of 'The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order', and pits them against Bill Emmott, former editor of the Economist and author of 'Rivals: How the Power Struggle between China, India and Japan will Shape our Next Decade', Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China at Oxford University and Gideon Rachman, Chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times to debate the motion 'Look West not East: South America will be the 21st century's superpower.'