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Whether by choice or necessity, the vast majority of the world’s economies are part of a multilateral system that gives their counterparts in the advanced world – especially the United States and Europe – enormous privileges.
The result of all this is a multilateral system that is less effective, less collaborative, less trusted, and more vulnerable to ad hoc tinkering.
A multilateral agency such as the World Bank could play a critical role in launching a market in commodity bonds.
In terms of international diplomacy, Trump’s trade war will help China present itself as the defender of the rules-based international order and multilateral institutions such as the World Trade Organization.
He will need an earnest multilateral effort, clear timelines, a commitment to justice on all sides – and perhaps a miracle.
It didn’t help that the crisis originated in the United States, which had hitherto been the main advocate for the Washington Consensus and unbridled globalization, including through its role in multilateral organizations like the G7, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization.
And economies – especially Europe – need to work actively to reform a tired system of multilateral governance that increasingly lacks credibility.
Avoiding coercion, premature elections, and hypocritical rhetoric does not rule out a patient policy of economic assistance, quiet diplomacy, and multilateral efforts to support the development of civil society, the rule of law, and support for well-managed elections.
Another possibility would be to establish a multilateral mechanism for financing the direct legal empowerment of citizens worldwide.
Under this framework, multilateral cooperation in combating terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction was offered to the region’s main actors.
Nevertheless, both the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Initiative suffer from the lack of a real multilateral culture of cooperation in security matters among the main regional players.
This requires the immediate establishment of a judicial body, whose legitimacy would be based on the same multilateral process that was sought prior to the war.
It wanted to be exemplary, not just joining multilateral regimes and organizations, but also making its own contribution.
America pursued its interests through openness and multilateral systems.
But China can best avoid similar tragedies not by flexing its muscles, but by building greater multilateral cooperation to combat transnational crime along the Mekong.
Inclusive multilateral organizations – led by the UN, together with the International Monetary Fund and the International Labor Organization – must lead by example, offering needed technical support and underscoring the benefits of global cooperation.
The difference in discourse between then and now attests to how far the current multilateral order has moved from its original aims.
At first, the Lehman crisis did trigger a revival of the post-war multilateral spirit; but it proved fleeting.
Many Americans can only shake their heads at the energy lobbyists who surround Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, and for a long time now a majority has been in favor of signing multilateral agreements, particularly in the area of climate protection.
Faced with American unilateralism, he failed to promote realistic multilateral solutions.
If successful, a wider approach would also leave the door open for the United States to re-engage with multilateral diplomatic efforts at a future date.
America's membership in a web of multilateral institutions ranging from the UN to NATO may reduce US autonomy, but seen in the light of a constitutional bargain, the multilateral ingredient of America's current preeminence is a key to its longevity, because it reduces the incentives for constructing alliances against the US.
Multilateralism, however, is a matter of degree, and not all multilateral arrangements are good.
Even when survival is not at stake, unilateral tactics sometimes induce others to make compromises that advance multilateral interests.
Some multilateral initiatives also are recipes for inaction, or are contrary to American values.
However, some transnational issues are inherently multilateral and cannot be managed without the help of other countries.
Not only does this comport with the preferences of the American public - polls show that two-thirds of Americans prefer multilateral actions to unilateral ones - but it has practical implications as well.
The US pays a minority share of UN and NATO peacekeeping operations, and the legitimacy of a multilateral umbrella reduces collateral political costs to America's so-called "soft" or attractive power - ie, its aid and cultural initiatives.
Finally, in choosing between multilateral and unilateral tactics, Americans must consider the effects of the decision on its soft power, which can be destroyed by excessive unilateralism and arrogance.
In balancing whether to use multilateral or unilateral tactics, or to adhere or refuse to go along with particular multilateral initiatives, any country must consider how to explain its actions to others and what the effects will be on its soft power.
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