Charting the future of the United States
Canada is deeply integrated with, and dependent upon, the United States. Our policy approach and social norms assume positive ties. Canada is not prepared for a democratic or civil breakdown in the U.S. or for the impact on our economy and security, including amid the war on Ukraine.
With this in mind, the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy is launching its first 'Munk Project': Charting the future of the United States.
Led by professors Peter Loewen, Janice Stein and Drew Fagan, this project will map near and longer-term futures of the U.S. and likely outcomes, with the aim of understanding how Canada and its allies respond to best effect in each of these futures.
This time-bound project will run until 2025, and will engage in a series of roundtables, forecasting exercises and public engagement activities with a focus on how to best anticipate and address future scenarios for American democracy.
To learn more, please contact Jennifer Bonder, Project Coordinator, at jennifer.bonder@utoronto.ca.
The future of American democracy
Munk School director Peter Loewen describes the Munk Project on charting the future of the United States at the Public Policy Forum conference in April 2022.
Agenda 2023: Making sense of the U.S. midterms
In the days following the U.S. midterm elections in November 2022, former and current U.S. diplomats and academics from both countries came together at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy to discuss the election outcomes and what's on the agenda in 2023.
Moderated by Washington Post Canada Correspondent Amanda Coletta, this panel features: Susan Crystal, Consul General, U.S. Consulate General in Toronto; Amabassador Gordon Giffin, Partner & Global Vice-Chair Emeritus, Dentons; Hon. Mark Kennedy, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center; Christopher Sands, Director, Wilson Center Canada Institute; Janice Stein, Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management, University of Toronto and Peter Loewen, Director, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy.
Backsliding in reverse? Reflections on democratic futures and resilience
On October 14, 2022, Robert Lieberman, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University, gave the opening keynote at a day-long symposium on the future of American democracy hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at University College's Paul Cadario Conference Centre.
