Publication
The UN’s Summit of the Future: Advancing Multilateralism in an Age of Hypercompetitive Geopolitics
In this article, Joris Larik and Richard Ponzio grasp the importance of the Summit of the Future to overhaul and strengthen multilateral cooperation in an age of deepening rifts and increasing competition between the great powers. This article argues that a failure to convene a meaningful and ambitious Summit would be a lost opportunity, dealing a severe blow to the future of multilateralism.
- Author
- Joris Larik, Richard Ponzio
- Date
- 16 September 2022
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The UN, in its present set-up, is incapable of delivering on its far-reaching mandate. However, in the current political climate, the level of ambition hangs in the balance. To grasp the importance of the Summit and its success, this article puts it in the current context of hypercompetitive geopolitics and analyzes the present debates about its organization through that lens. As this article argues, a failure to convene a meaningful and ambitious Summit would be a lost opportunity, dealing a severe blow to the future of multilateralism.