#internationalorder — Public Fediverse posts
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Multilateralism for middle powers
" Multilateralism is shorthand for the much-invoked “rules-based international order”; multipolarity is the world of competing spheres of interest, what Stubb calls “an oligopoly of power”, where the strong do what they will and the weak do what they must.
We are not simply in a transition; we are in a fight for a future world order. And the path to a healthy outcome necessarily runs through international institutions, from the UN to settings far beyond it, where we must rethink membership and power for global cooperation to survive.The world is being reshaped by the “structural” forces of demography, climate and technology,
Part of the problem, Stubb argues, is that “the US is not a modern society by European or Asian standards”. This helps to explain the growing influence of a radical form of evangelical Christianity within the Trump administration. But it also accounts for the absence of adequate healthcare, education and housing that plagues the US, in particular, and neoliberal economies like Australia’s more generally.
Without strong multilateral systems, all interstate deals become transactional. A multipolar world runs on self-interest. A multilateral world makes the common interest a self-interest. " >>
https://theconversation.com/finlands-president-alexander-stubb-has-some-ideas-to-save-the-international-order-and-ourselves-280153
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
Worst oil supply disruption in modern Russian history halts about 40% of export capacity, Reuters reports -- 'Land for security' in Ukraine negotiations must be rejected -- Ukrainian drones attack major oil and gas facilities in Russia's Leningrad Oblast for second night in row ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/thursday-march-26-2026/
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Interview with Former #UN Independent Expert on #InternationalOrder.
Topics discussed include the #HumanRightsIndustry, media #suppression, the need to break up the #TooBigToExist, a #book, the state of #theInternet, and the need to demand #JulianAssange's immediate release.
WEAPONISING OUR RIGHTS (MP3)
https://cdnv.rt.com/files/2022.03/622eee2585f5404a0450b08f.mp3