What Just Happened in America, and How Will the World React?

Whether or not it was “the most important and consequential in American history,” as both the major candidates and many observers had claimed, this year’s volatile U.S. presidential election has concluded and will return former President Donald Trump to the White House in January.

Amidst intense partisan clashes, deep political polarization, and an overwhelming flow of information, voters remained sharply divided to the last minute on many key issues, with some feeling that the future of democracy hung in the balance. Trump’s margin over Kamala Harris was greater than most had predicted. Thoughtful analysis and bitter recrimination have both begun.

Eight days after the election, an international panel of experts and commentators will gather virtually for an erudite and thoughtful examination of the potential consequences, in the United States and around the world.

Join us Wednesday, November 13th, 2024, at 11:00 am EST // 4:00 pm GMT, for another installment of Free Speech at the Crossroads: International Dialogues.

This event is co-sponsored by the Free Speech Project (Georgetown University) and the Future of the Humanities Project (Georgetown University and Blackfriars Hall and Campion Hall, Oxford).

Featured:

John Battle, former Labour Party Cabinet Minister, United Kingdom

Barbara K. Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen; distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy, Georgetown University

E.J. Dionne Jr., columnist, The Washington Post

Susan Eisenhower, national security analyst; author, “How Ike Led”

Elan Closs Stephens, electoral commissioner, Wales

Michael Scott (moderator), senior dean, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford

Sanford J. Ungar (moderator), director, Free Speech Project, Georgetown University