Episode 41: Thinking through Rupture in International Economic Law: Views from Latin America - EJIL: The Podcast!

Episode 41: Thinking through Rupture in International Economic Law: Views from Latin America Episode 41 • 3rd March 2026 • EJIL: The Podcast! • European Journal of International Law 00:00:00 00:50:11 1 Notes Links Follow Share Notes Links Follow Share Share Episode Share Copy link Start at Embed Copy code Download Audio Share to X Share to LinkedIn Shownotes In January 2026, the Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney gave a widely noted speech at the World Economic Forum, in which he described the current period we're living through as a rupture in the world order. How should we be thinking about rupture – and continuity – in relation to the contemporary international economic order? What is happening to international law, the purposes to which it is being put, its centrality as a technology of governing over distance, its status as a carrier for aspirations to multilateralism and universalism? Are we in fact living through a period of rupture or merely the loss of faith of a hegemon in its own international legal tools? This episode tackles these questions, and more, focussing particularly on how Latin America is experiencing and reacting to this moment of crisis – or, perhaps, of opportunity. Andrew Lang (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) is joined by Michelle Ratton Sanchez Badin (FGV Sao Paulo School of Law, Brazil) and Nicolás M. Perrone (Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile). For more on the scholarship and reading recommendations of panelists, see accompanying post on EJIL:Talk! . Follow RSS Links Chapters Video More from YouTube