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At the 2025 Holberg Debate, Mary Kaldor, Boris Johnson, and Stephen Walt will discuss current conditions for collective security and global stability.
As war returns to Europe, global institutions falter, and great power rivalry intensifies, the foundations of collective security are under strain. Is liberal internationalismโoften seen as a framework for global cooperation, but also criticized for legitimizing interventionist policiesโnow obsolete?
On the panel:
๐ ๐ผ ๐ฟ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐ต ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ ๐ป, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019 โ 2022), Leader of the Conservative Party (2019 โ 2022), Foreign Secretary (2016 โ 2018), and Mayor of London (2008 โ 2016).
๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น ๐ฑ ๐ผ ๐ฟ, Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civicness Research Group, London School of Economics and Political Science.
๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ ๐ต ๐ฒ ๐ป ๐ช ๐ฎ ๐น ๐, Robert and Renรฉe Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Moderator: ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ ๐ต ๐ฒ ๐ป ๐ฆ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฟ, presenter at Times Radio, formerly presenter of BBC's HARDtalk (2005 โ 2025).
More information: holbergprize.org.
At the 2025 Holberg Debate, Mary Kaldor, Boris Johnson, and Stephen Walt will discuss current conditions for collective security and global stability.
As war returns to Europe, global institutions falter, and great power rivalry intensifies, the foundations of collective security are under strain. Is liberal internationalismโoften seen as a framework for global cooperation, but also criticized for legitimizing interventionist policiesโnow obsolete?
On the panel:
๐ ๐ผ ๐ฟ ๐ถ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ ๐ต ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ ๐ป, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019 โ 2022), Leader of the Conservative Party (2019 โ 2022), Foreign Secretary (2016 โ 2018), and Mayor of London (2008 โ 2016).
๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น ๐ฑ ๐ผ ๐ฟ, Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civicness Research Group, London School of Economics and Political Science.
๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ ๐ต ๐ฒ ๐ป ๐ช ๐ฎ ๐น ๐, Robert and Renรฉe Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Moderator: ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ฝ ๐ต ๐ฒ ๐ป ๐ฆ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฟ, presenter at Times Radio, formerly presenter of BBC's HARDtalk (2005 โ 2025).
More information: holbergprize.org.
