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September 22, 2025 Workshop: “Saving the Furniture: Which Elements of the Multilateral System Must Be Sustained – and How?” Presented by CIPS, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) In a burning house, sometimes only part of the furniture can be saved. Today’s multilateral system faces mounting pressure from multiple directions: rising populist nationalism, intensifying geopolitical competition, demands for greater representativeness, institutional paralysis, and the deliberate erosion of cooperative norms—exemplified by the “America First” doctrine and its global counterparts. As confidence in international institutions falters, this daylong workshop explored which elements of the multilateral order can or should be rebuilt, reformed, or protected. The morning focused on frameworks for evaluating what is worth preserving and why; the afternoon turned to two critical domains—global trade, tax and finance, and global climate governance—to examine concrete strategies for sustaining cooperation in an increasingly fractured world. The workshop, co-hosted by the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa together with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, is part of the EU-funded NAVIGATOR project (eunav.eu), a global consortium of researchers examining how Europe should navigate the increasingly complex institutional spaces of global governance to advance a rules-based international order. Welcome and Introduction Roland Paris, Professor and Director, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA); Ole Jacob Sending, Research Professor and Head of Center for Geopolitics, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Opening remarks: “Multilateralism in a Fracturing World” Senator Peter Boehm, Senate of Canada Roland Paris is Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. His academic research on international security, peacebuilding and the shifting foundations of global order has earned several prizes and citations, including the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. With a career that bridges academia and government, he previously served as Senior Advisor on foreign policy and defence to the Prime Minister of Canada and as a policy analyst in Canada’s foreign ministry and Privy Council Office, in addition to advising international organizations, including NATO. He has also received eight awards for teaching and public service, including the King Charles III Coronation Medal, and is a frequent contributor to Canadian and international debates on global affairs. Ole Jacob Sending is Research Professor and leads the Center for Geopolitics at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He served as Director of Research at NUPI from 2012 until 2023. His research focuses on the geopolitical dimensions of global governance arrangements. He has been Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, visiting scholar at Stanford University and at UC Berkeley. In 2022-2023, he chaired the Norwegian Government´s Independent Expert Group on Development Assistance. Senator Peter M. Boehm was appointed to the Senate of Canada in October 2018. From November 2020 until the prorogation of Parliament in January 2025, he served as Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Prior to his appointment to the Senate, Senator Boehm served as Ambassador to Germany, Minister at the Embassy of Canada to the United States of America, and Ambassador to the Organization of American States, among other foreign postings. He is a former Deputy Minister of International Development and Senior Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and also served several prime ministers as Personal Representative, or “Sherpa,” for international summits. Senator Boehm holds a PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh, a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. https://www.cips-cepi.ca/event/worksh...