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������will have a strong representation at the in Montreal, Canada. The event will be held on 15-18 March 2023 under the theme Real Struggles, High Stakes: Cooperation, Contention, and Creativity. ������President Dianne Pinderhughes, ������Past President Marianne Kneuer and ������Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski will be present at the ISA Convention.

������Panel 
Authoritarian Gravity Centers and Image Management: How Autocrats Use Soft Power
16 March 2023, 10:30-12:15

Chaired by ������Past President Marianne Kneuer (TU Dresden), the panel will include the following prominent scholars: 

• Julia Bader (University of Amsterdam)
• Alexander Dukalskis (University College Dublin)
• Julia Gurol-Haller (University of Freiburg)
• Erik Vollmann (TU Dresden)
• Rachel Vanderhill (Wofford College)
• Discussant: Thomas Ambrosio ((North Dakota State University)

������Book Launch
15 March, 18:00 to 19:30

������and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will host a book launch and reception on 15 March at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel to promote IPSA’s first Open Access book, Does the UN Model Still Work? Challenges and Prospects for the Future of Multilateralism. Mr. Henri-Paul Normandin, Former Canadian Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (2006-2010) and Fellow at the Montreal Institute of International Studies (IEIM), will deliver a keynote speech at the event. 

Author's Corner
15 March, 13:45 to 14:45

Meet the Co-editor of the Does the UN Model Still Work? book, ������Executive Director Kim Fontaine-Skronski, at the “Author’s Corner” booth on 15 March from 13:45 to 14:45 in the exhibition hall. 

������Booth

If you are attending the #ISA2023, come visit our booth (#224) to learn about the 2023 ������World Congress and IPSA’s activities and get promotional items.

For further information about the 2023 ISA Convention, please visit the .