The Rise and Decline of a Liberal International Order

Georgetown University Qatar (GUQ) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Lecture The Foundations of International Thought

21Mar 2023

College of Law

The inaugural lecture will explain how the content, geography, and legal nature of post-World War II international regimes have reflected the structure of power in the international system. The lecture will also discuss why the contemporary multipolar structure makes it more difficult for multilateral regimes to function effectively.

While it will not be possible to halt the decline of the Liberal International Order, the lecture will argue that the United States and like-minded countries could adopt policies that would decelerate the decline and reconstitute a largely liberal plurilateral order over much of the world.

Commentator

Edward J. KollaAssociate Professor of History and Faculty Chairperson
Georgetown University in Qatar

Speaker

Dr. Richard H. Steinberg Professor of Law
Jonathan D. Varat Endowed Chair in Law
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Visiting Professor of Law
HBKU College of Law

The Rise and Decline of a Liberal International Order

Commentator

Edward J. KollaAssociate Professor of History and Faculty Chairperson Georgetown University in Qatar

Speaker

Dr. Richard H. Steinberg Professor of Law Jonathan D. Varat Endowed Chair in Law Professor of Political Science University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Visiting Professor of Law HBKU College of Law

Edward J. KollaAssociate Professor of History and Faculty Chairperson
Georgetown University in Qatar

Dr. Richard H. Steinberg Professor of Law
Jonathan D. Varat Endowed Chair in Law
Professor of Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Visiting Professor of Law
HBKU College of Law