At the 2025 Holberg Debate, Mary Kaldor, Boris Johnson, Stephen Walt and Stephen Sackur (moderator) met to discuss current conditions for collective security and global stability.
As war returns to Europe, global institutions falter, and great power rivalry intensifies, the foundations of collective security are under strain. Is liberal internationalismโoften seen as a framework for global cooperation, but also criticized for legitimizing interventionist policiesโnow obsolete?
On the panel:
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019 โ 2022), Leader of the Conservative Party (2019 โ 2022), Foreign Secretary (2016 โ 2018), and Mayor of London (2008 โ 2016).
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ, Professor Emeritus of Global Governance and Director of the Conflict and Civicness Research Group, London School of Economics and Political Science.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐, Robert and Renรฉe Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Moderator: ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฟ, presenter at Times Radio, formerly presenter of BBC's HARDtalk (2005 โ 2025).
The Debate took place on 9 December, 2025, in the University Aula in Bergen, Norway.
More information: holbergprize.org.
