Keeping the Peace?: NATO and our Global (Dis)Order
Date: Wednesday, August 28
Location: St. Pauls Centre, 62 Peter St. N.
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: In the aftermath of the Second World War, leaders from Western Europe, Canada, and the United States established a system of international security with NATO as its cornerstone. NATO’s fundamental goal was to prevent the world from falling back into general war. So far it has been successful. But how did NATO’s leaders fear war might come? And why, in 2019, are those fears rekindled?
Dr. Timothy Andrews Sayle is Director of the International Relations Program and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Toronto. After traveling the world doing his research, he returns to the place where he got his first got his first library card: his hometown of Orillia. His recent critically-acclaimed book, Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order (Cornell University Press, 2019), explores how leaders came to fear that they might be pushed into choosing war by voters who prefer peace.
Cost: $35 (plus HST) per person
This talk is a fundraiser for Third Age Learning Lakehead, a Community Engagement and Lifelong Learning program partnering with the Third Age Network. A portion of funds raised will be used to support future speakers.