| Date | Time | Location |
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| Thursday, May 21, 2020 | 11:00AM - 12:00PM | Online Event, Online Event |
In its 30th anniversary year, The Lionel Gelber Prize hosts a virtual disussion with the 2020 prize winning authors, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes. This event is presented in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at the University of Toronto and Foreign Policy Magazine.
Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance?
When the Cold War ended in 1989, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. And yet the transformation of Central and Eastern Eastern European countries gave rise to a “politics of grievance” that turned to undermine the ideals of liberalism itself.
In The Light that Failed: A Reckoning, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes argue that the supposed end of history turned out to be only the beginning of an “Age of Imitation.” Reckoning with the history of the last thirty years, they show that the most powerful force behind the wave of populist xenophobia that began in Eastern Europe, and has spread to the heartland of the West stems from alienation and resentment at the post-1989 imperative to become Westernized.
Join us for an engaging conversation with Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes, authors of The Light That Failed: A Reckoning and winners of the 2020 Lionel Gelber Prize, moderated by Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine and Juror of The Lionel Gelber Prize and welome remarks from Janice Stein, Jury Chair of The Lionel Gelber Prize and Founding Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
About the Lionel Gelber Prize:
Founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber, this year marks the 30th Anniversary of the Lionel Gelber Prize. The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. The award is presented annually by The Lionel Gelber Prize Foundation, in partnership with the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Foreign Policy magazine.
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