What the G20 Summit in Rome has shown the world
Annual meetings of G20 leaders are sometimes compared to UN Security Council meetings. In both cases, the world’s most powerful nations sit together at the same table. In both cases, there is frank discussion on the most pressing problems on the international agenda. Both formats shape strategic decisions—ones designed to help resolve emerging crises, contribute to a more robust global security architecture and a bolstered world economy.
Andrey Kortunov:...
We are all facing a stark choice: either unite against new challenges or become hostage to the various extremists and adventurers
We could rest assured that COVID-19 will be defeated, sooner rather than later. The excessive angst and fear we currently feel will gradually subside, while our science will find effective antidotes so that people could look back on the pandemic years as a ghastly dream.
At the same time, it is also clear that a post-pandemic world will be quite different to the world...
Should humankind fail to agree on some civilizational synthesis within the next couple of decades, “globalization 2.0” will definitely fall short of accomplishing the most fundamental mission of the 21st century
These days, humankind goes through a protracted and painful process of deglobalization. It remains to be seen whether this process was historically predetermined and unavoidable; if this is not the case, one can speculate about who should be held responsible for such a turn of events. In...
... of dollars. The global economy would be plunged into a profound crisis with a number of concomitant social and political implications both for individual states and for humanity at large.
Andrey Kortunov:
We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance
Commenting on the Suez Canal incident, the American Admiral James G. Stavridis suggested that a new international security system be created for the most vulnerable maritime arteries. Adm. Stavridis believes this work should be done ...
... when it happened. The debates on exactly when this process started still rage to this day, and the range of opinions on the matter is great. Some date the start of the globalization to the late 20
th
century. Others connect it with the establishment of global governance institutions after World War II. Some believe that the foundations of globalization were laid down during the industrial revolution of the 18
th
– 19
th
centuries, while others push the origins of emergence of a global world back to ...
... strengthening of states; it reflects a weakening of states that cannot afford to have strong international institutions even though no one doubts that such institutions are needed today.
Andrey Kortunov:
We Need to Create a More Inclusive System of Global Governance
Concerning the multilaterality crisis: if the hypothesis of the revival of Westphalia, of the triumph of national egoism, and the low effectiveness of multilaterality were true, the U.S. under Donald Trump should have been able to deal ...
The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence will help participants establish practical cooperation and formulate common approaches to the development and implementation of AI
The creation of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) reflects the growing interest of states in AI technologies. The initiative, which brings together 14 countries and the European Union, will help participants establish practical cooperation and formulate common approaches to the development and...
... paralyzes in our quixotic "
future-proof
" cities that are already trembling with the rage of many.
The "Great Reset" anticipated by the World Economic Forum (WEF) seems as certain as its myriad failed forecasts and panaceas. The "global governance" it desperately touts smacks of a Soviet Union with a Techno-Potemkin facade. Many who had lived behind the Iron Curtain may not feel too nostalgic about the
long queues
, restricted movements, pervasive surveillance, and the Orwellian ...
... of international life, despite significant differences in the interests of the participants,
Multilateralism III
is to find “right” or “appropriate” solutions to the problems of world politics, i.e., achieve a transition to "effective global governance." If
Multilateralism II
proceeds from what the participants in the system think achievable,
Multilateralism III
operates in terms of what is desired and what should be done. In the first case, we are talking about a tactical alliance ...
For the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a common threat that it must defeat collectively. It is time to start planning for when the eventual victory comes
The coronavirus pandemic has overturned many assumptions about the current world order. As a matter of urgency, it is time to revisit the principles of international security.
In the pandemic, for the first time in living memory, humanity is confronting a common threat that it must defeat collectively. Most arguments currently...