The Liberal International Project: A Moment of Crisis?

Since the end of World War II, the United States played a fundamental role in shaping world events based on the theory of liberal internationalism, allowing the US to intervene in external affairs with the goal of pursuing liberal objectives.

Research event
12 November 2020 — 6:00PM TO 7:15PM
Online

The Liberal International Project: A Moment of Crisis?

— The liberal world order that the US helped to create is now under threat, not only from illiberal forces like Russia and China, but also from internal US actors who question whether international engagement is beneficial to the American people.

The liberal world order that the US helped to create is now under threat, not only from illiberal forces like Russia and China, but also from internal US actors who question whether international engagement is beneficial to the American people.

What are the main threats to the liberal international tradition? Where has it succeeded and where has it failed?

Participants

Professor John Ikenberry, Albert G Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
Dr Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, Oxford University; Adjunct Professor of Economics, London Business School; Visiting Professor, LSE IDEAS; Associate Fellow, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House
Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times
Mark Leonard, Co-Founder and Director, European Council on Foreign Relations
Chair: Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House

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