Right-wing nationalist populism has swept the transatlantic world in the last decade, as populist leaders, causes, and parties — Brexit in the United Kingdom, Donald Trump in the United States, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and others — rose to levels of power not seen in Europe since the Second World War, and questioned what many saw as fundamental tenets of the transatlantic order. Although these parties proposed sweeping changes to the global order, often coupled with overt racism, sexism, and xenophobia, their impact on foreign policy is unclear — new research suggests they may be more “bark” than “bite,” and that liberal democratic societies are far more resilient to populist challenges than conventional wisdom suggests.
Join Princeton University’s Andrew Moravcsik, a former Perry World House Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, for the 2021 Distinguished Lecture in Global Policy, discussing the bark and bite of populist foreign policies, their links to transatlantic relations, and more.
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SPEAKER
Andrew Moravcsik is Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and was the Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Perry World House in 2019-2020. Over his career, Moravcsik has authored over 125 publications, four books, and more than 150 opinion pieces and policy analyses focused on European integration, international relations theory, human rights, and international law, among many other topics. His landmark book The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht continues to have implications at a time of Brexit and other convulsions in the European community. At Princeton, Moravcsik directs Princeton’s European Union Program and it’s Liechtenstein Institute for Self-Determination. He received the Stanley Kelley Prize for Undergraduate Teaching. Before arriving at Princeton, Moravcsik received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he was a faculty member for 12 years, and served as a US government trade negotiator, special assistant to the Deputy Prime Minister of Korea, and press assistant at the European Commission. He also conducts academic research on the sociology of classical music, especially opera.
