Divisions in the Western Liberal Consensus
2023 Summer Conference:
Divisions in the Western Liberal Consensus
The Salvatori Center and the CMC Policy Lab recently hosted a special conference in Saint-Paul de Vence, France, where a group of US and European scholars convened to discuss how to strengthen democratic institutions in the US and the EU.
Zachary Courser
Co-Director, CMC Policy Lab
Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
Aurelian Crăiuțu
Political Science Chair,
Indiana University Bloomington
Michael Fortner
CMC; Criminal Justice Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center
Eric Helland
Co-Director, CMC Policy Lab
Maya Kandel
Associate Researcher at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
Laurence Nardon
Head of North American Program, Institut Français des Relations Internationales
Peter Neumann
Professor of Security Studies
King's College, London
Mathilde Philip-Gay
Co-Director of the Center on Constitutional Rights, Universitè Lyon III
Invasion of Ukraine
The conference encompassed two full days of discussions in a seminar format led by various experts.
The first day's discussion centered on the lure of illiberalism, populism, nationalism and how these idealistic divisions have been strengthened by the Russian War in Ukraine.
The second day addressed western liberal policies that have been impacted by these challenges, such as foreign, defense and economic policies.
Dalibor Rohac
American Enterprise Institute Fellow
Jon Shields
CMC; Co-Director of the Open Academy
George Thomas
CMC; Director of the Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom