... 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...
Either humanity will find the strength and determination to move to a new level of governance by relinquishing a part of the national sovereignty of states, or new pandemics will force us to pay an increasingly higher price for the priority we give to national sovereignty and the loyalty we show to political particularism
In the four months that have passed since the coronavirus outbreak began, it seems that just about everyone has had something to say about the situation—experts, regular folk...
... is too large and heterogeneous.
So, we need to look for other means and other platforms for making decisions that correspond to the specifics of the moment that we are all experiencing. The G20 may become one of the important nodes of the complex new global governance mechanism, but it is incapable of replacing the whole mechanism.
First published in the
Valdai Discussion Club
.
Preliminary results of the coronavirus test on society show the lack of instinct that is inherent in anybiological species to protect its population
The coronavirus pandemic has already become the main event of the leap year, relegating other dramatic news of recent months to the background. It also turned out to be the most severe stress test for the global economic and financial system, for many international organizations and public administration mechanisms in individual countries. This test...
