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Dictating the Future: The Role of Democracy in an Era of International Tumult

In-person
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March 5, 2026 | 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Trudeau Centre
Location | Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON
For over 75 years we could count on a constant factor in international affairs: that democracies would largely find themselves in alignment vis-à-vis the world’s dictatorships and autocracies. The last years have entirely upended that certainty. We see closer alignments between the United States and autocratic leaders and increasing dissension among NATO allies, not to mention a solidarity among Russia and China stronger than in previous epochs.
 
Join us for a Frank W. Woods Lectureship Conversation among three of the Munk School’s own -- Madison Schramm, Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Brian Rathbun – as we think about the role of democracy in foreign affairs past and present.
 
This event is a part of the Frank W. Woods Lectureship Conversations.
Trudeau Centre

Speakers

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Madison V. Schramm

Assistant Professor, Munk School and Department of Political Science

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Manjari Chatterjee Miller

Munk Chair in Global India and Professor, Munk School and Department of Political Science

Brian Rathbun
Brian Rathbun

Munk Chair in Global Affairs and Professor, Munk School