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Which role did the Vienna Congress play for the development of the international order? How can the international situation in 1814/15 be compared to nowadays? Martha Finnemore, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, uses in her speech the Vienna contrast to help us identify some of the current changes in international politics and to better understand some of the larger normative shifts going on in today's world. She discusses three hanging elements of our contemporary order that seem important today. The first concerns the status of "Great Powers." A second issue involves the role of Great Powers vis a vis everyone else. Third, the role of law abe shifting as a tool for creating both stability and change in our international order.