Event Date: May 29, 2018 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: Alex Trebek Hall, 157 Séraphin-Marion Private

The liberal world order is under threat. The rise of populism and Far Right movements, the increasingly isolationist foreign policies of the United States, and the growing strength of non-liberal powers like China and Russia indicate that the institutions and values that have governed the post-war world order may no longer be taken for granted.   What does this mean for small and middle powers like Canada, Denmark, and Norway? These ‘like-minded states’ have traditionally expressed a moral commitment to a just, equal and rule-governed world order, and internationalism and multilateralism have also been a strategy for augmenting their own security and influence in world affairs. Middle power liberal internationalism, in other words, is not simply a moral commitment, but also a foreign policy strategy that has sometimes enabled small and middle powers to ‘punch above their weight’ in international politics. What is the future – if any – of such values and strategies in the current global political climate?

Join us for this Roundtable where scholars from Canada, Denmark and Norway debate the role, possibilities and obstacles of middle power liberal internationalism in the current political climate.  The Roundtable follows a two-day workshop sponsored by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

The Roundtable will be followed by a reception hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa.

PARTICIPANTS:

Chair: Rita Abrahamsen, Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)

Speakers:  Louise Riis Andersen, Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS)

Roland Paris, Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)

Ole Jacob Sending, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)

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