Between Power and Principle: Navigating Foreign Policy Through a World in Transition
Speaker: George Gerapetritis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Introduction: Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College; Member, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Moderator: Stella Ladi, Professor in European Public Policy, Panteion University, Athens; and Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
At a time of profound geopolitical change, intensifying strategic competition and growing strain on multilateralism, foreign policy is increasingly shaped by the tension between power and principle. In his address, Greece’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, George Gerapetritis, will examine how international law, multilateralism and a rules-based order can remain relevant and effective in a more volatile and transactional world. The talk will explore whether the current geopolitical moment marks a temporary disruption or the emergence of a new international era, and whether principled diplomacy can be reconciled with the demands of political realism.
Event cosponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative, the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and the European Institute
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