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In October, I called for modernizing multilateralism and markets to better reflect the changing world economy and to enable countries to act in concert to address interconnected problems.
ampnbsp;The new multilateralism must maximize the strengths of interdependent and overlapping actors and institutions, public and private.
But we will need a new multilateralism to expand the availability of these benefits to all.
To be fair, unilateralism is convenient not only for a reluctant Israeli prime minister who does not wish to make substantial compromises during negotiations; it is also attractive to hard-line Palestinians who regard multilateralism as a means of pressing them to make unpopular concessions.
But Russia’s true long-term interests lie in multilateralism, integration into the world economy, and the international rule of law.
Multilateralism is most successful when built on a real convergence of interests and values.
The same is true of overly optimistic support for a form of trade multilateralism that has largely run its course.
Indeed, rather than modernizing economic multilateralism and revamping its governance, what many would have regarded as an unsatisfactory yet final partial compromise could have played into the hands of those who advocate regional arrangements as a substitute for multilateralism, not a compliment to it.
But so long as “international community” is more hope than reality, multilateralism will have to become more varied.
“There is no question that a high quality major agreement today, as the NAFTA was in 1994, could cause multilateralism to take a giant leap forward,” says former US Trade Representative Carla A. Hills.
A Bridge to Universal EducationLONDON – In a confrontational world where protectionism is on the rise, multilateralism has become an easy target for criticism.
The first three decades after 1945 were governed by the Bretton Woods consensus – a shallow multilateralism that permitted policymakers to focus on domestic social and employment needs while enabling global trade to recover and flourish.
Europe should base the multilateralism of its foreign policy on human rights, while working on reforming international law and the UN system to ensure that human rights win out over short-sighted political calculations.
For the US, however, the utility of multilateralism is purely situational.
Above all, multilateralism is never preferable to a “good” bilateral solution – a view that has reinforced behavior that undermines, rather than strengthens, the capacity for effective international action.
Establishing effective multilateralism requires an emphasis on rules and institutions that facilitate coordination.
What is really needed is a change in vision and mentality – a shift from viewing multilateralism as a tactic to embracing it as a strategic imperative.
Goodbye to Going It AloneA key lesson that the next American president will take away from the experiences of the Bush administration is certain to be that multilateralism matters.
Large-scale multilateralism, in which most of the world’s 193 United Nations-recognized countries meet to negotiate accords, has become too unwieldy.
This is what I have called the “new multilateralism.”
The third, and most dangerous reason for cutting the UN’s budget is to weaken multilateralism in the name of American “sovereignty.”
Trump is pursuing the opposite strategy, arguing that neither multilateralism nor bilateral negotiations work with China.
Over the years, however, the Bretton Woods system, with its mix of liberal multilateralism and market-oriented economic policies, has come to symbolize the Anglo-American dominance of the global economy that much of the world now criticizes, especially since the global financial crisis.
It is little wonder that the EU – a bastion of multilateralism – is not to his liking.
Grand gestures of multilateralism and coordinated deal making are not what we need make this work.
For starters, rising and mid-size powers are responding to the possibility of a fractured global order by reasserting the need for multilateralism.
The case for multilateralism and global governance is stronger than ever.
Amid all the debate regarding the demise of multilateralism and the emergence of a G2 world dominated by America and China, it is easy to forget that a similar system – featuring the US and the Soviet Union – existed for decades after World War II.
The ensuing quarter-century was a period of liberal rules-based multilateralism.
Europe has the necessary economic, financial, technological, and human resources, and multilateralism is in the EU’s DNA.
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