| Titre : | Global security in a multipolar world |
| Auteurs : | Feng Zhongping ; Robert Hutchings ; Radha Kumar ; Elisabeth Sidiropoulos ; Andrei Zagorsky |
| Type de document : | Electronic document |
| Editeur : | Paris : European Union Institute for Security Studies |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-92-9198-156-4 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : |
Keywords : global security; multipolar; multilateral; regionalism; BRIC; EU; European Union; Abstract : This is the second Chaillot Paper in a series exploring the various strands of a global topic: multilateralising multipolarity. Through the essays collected in the first study,1 we set out to assess the scope of change in the international system and how EU action could best be suited to bringing about a multilateral order. After the fall of the Berlin Wall brought about the end of bipolarity, the world has changed no less dramatically since the 1990s witnessed the Balkan wars and the first EU military crisis-management operations. Basically, the post-Cold War ‘unipolar’ world turned ‘multipolar’, and as a result the West can no longer tackle global issues – made more pressing indeed due to this very transformation – on its own any more than it can deal singlehandedly with regional crises. The comparative analysis of the strategic vision of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the so-called BRICs, showed that the best policy mindset for the European Union, contrary to some suggestions, was not to try to become a normal hard-power player. It further concluded that, in a multipolar world, this was simply not a viable option. For the European Union to survive and to influence the outcome of the international order, it must succeed in giving a multilateral dimension to the current multipolarity; in other words, Europe must be able to define together with other world and regional powers the norms and rules that are needed to drive concerted efforts to stay clear of some future clash of competing unilateralisms. Earlier this year, the G20 took some steps towards global economic governance that are expected to have immediate repercussions in fighting climate change and dealing with related issues like poverty, food crises and energy. Progress has been less clear in addressing international security issues. Apart from the BRICs, this volume also focuses on the United States, without whom there will be no multilateral order, and South Africa, a voice in the developing world for a new global order. .../... |
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