Abel Pli is a doctoral candidate at the École Nationale d’Administration Publique (ENAP-Montréal), under the supervision of Professor Stéphane Roussel. He holds a master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Montreal, which focused on “The Reform of the United Nations Security Council,” and a master’s degree in Criminology from the University of Abidjan (Ivory Coast). His doctoral project analyzes populist discourse in the West and its consequences for the survival of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). More specifically, he analyzes the discourse of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen and its impact on the Alliance.
Several member countries of the transatlantic community are now governed by populism, or at least populism is the leading opposition force. From the United States to France, via the United Kingdom, Italy, and Germany, right-wing populism plays a dominant role in foreign policy decision-making. This development is not without consequences for NATO’s cohesion. Indeed, proponents of the constructivist approach have argued that if NATO did not collapse after its raison d’être disappeared, as the neo-realists predicted, it is because the member states share the values of liberal democracy. His research argues that the questioning of liberal values such as collective identity, economic interdependence, and multilateralism, which are rejected by populist discourse, weakens NATO’s cohesion.
Expertise
- Theories of international relations
- Analyse de l’impact du populisme sur la survie de l’OTAN
- International security organizations
Selected Publications
Charbonneau, É., Zekri, C., Castellanos, M., Kimvi, S. M., Saël, E., Pli, D. A., Ainsley, L. & Adandé, H. V. (2020). Méthodologies en Administration publique : analyse comparative de la recherche au Canada et en Australie. Revue Gouvernance / Governance Review, 17(1), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.7202/1070340ar
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