The balance of power in the international system is shifting in fundamental ways. The beginning of this century has witnessed the birth of “emerging powers”: countries whose interests and influence in the global order can no longer be ignored by the West. Few would dispute that these stakeholders will wield greater authority in the coming decades.
But alongside this trend is the reality of global problems. A global economic system in crisis, the dire consequences of climate change, and the future of nonproliferation all demand the cooperation of stakeholders.
What are the implications of newly empowered states for problems that affect every state? Will the old global powers seek to work with the new stakeholders or will they fight the trend through containment and counterbalancing?
This year’s Junior Fellows Conference will try to answer these questions by examining the role of emerging powers in three pressing issues: the evolving global economic system, the nuclear nonproliferation regime, and climate change. The opening and closing keynote addresses will be delivered by Thomas Fingar and Anne-Marie Slaughter, respectively. Dr. Fingar was the former Chairman of the National Intelligence Council, and directed the NIC’s Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World, today’s leading report on the emergence of new powers and the role they will play in revolutionizing the international system. Dr. Slaughter is the current director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department and served as the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2002 to 2009.
Absent a good education environment, there is little room for the Arab world’s youth to turn into responsible citizens who can consolidate and stimulate social transformation to bring about more prosperous and free societies.
China’s traditional diplomacy is at a crossroads as it adjusts to the new global order. The financial crises, climate change, and regional instability have propelled China into a new global role and in turn, a new era of diplomacy.
The obvious and often painful mismatch between aspiration and reality in European foreign policy has plagued discourse on European integration during the last decade.
While there are a number of reasons behind Moscow’s stance on Syria, confronting the West and increasing tension in their relations with the broader Middle East is at odds with Russia’s wider interests.
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