The delayed response of organizations like the United Nations in the beginning stages of the War in Ukraine has raised questions about the role of multilateralism & multinational organizations in the 21st century. Is multilateralism still the best path towards world peace and security?
In this discussion, panelists Michael Dukakis (Former Governor of Massachusetts, 1988 US Presidential Candidate, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum), Taro Kono (Japanese Minister of Digital Affairs), Yasuhide Nakayama (Former Japanese State Minister of Defense), Nazli Choucri (MIT Professor), Dilip Sinha (Former Ambassador of India to the United Nations) and Nguyen Anh Tuan (Co-founder and CEO of the Boston Global Forum) discuss:
-The rising risks in the Taiwan Strait & the security environment around Japan
-Rising tensions between India and China, India’s increasing openness to multilateralism
-How a multilateral US-EU-India-Japan framework could provide global security & peace while addressing domestic concerns
-What could a new multilateralism look like? What are the biggest issues of previous frameworks?
-What are the main challenges to address in building a new multilateralism?
Moderatror: Prof. Žaneta Ozoliņa, Chairwoman of the Board of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation
00:00 Introducing the topic & panelists
3:42 Opening statement from Michael Dukakis – what is the essence of the new multilateral framework proposed by the Boston Global Forum?
7:55 The new framework’s contribution to Japan’s security
17:45 India’s role in the multilateral framework & relationship with Russia, threats from China
24:00 Balancing the pillars of each country’s domestic agenda with geopolitics. How would the proposed framework serve the purpose of peace & security at the national & international level?
29:30 What would be the added value of the proposed new multilateral framework? Issues of previous frameworks
36:40 What would be the end product of the proposed framework?
50:00 What are the main challenges on the way to the proposed new framework?