Global Cooperation is in crisis! Multilateral institutions are in direct conflict with many National policies, where these policies are mandated to follow international interests, for example; climate change, pandemics, and financial instability, local politics often end up impinging on freedoms. A multilateral system featuring equal negotiating situations and effective dialog is needed.
Multilateral institutions must draw clear boundaries on the limits of their responsibilities or they may risk over reach. A multilateral system can be strengthened, so that when a global crisis strikes countries will have incentives to work collaboratively to mitigate the challenge.
Nowhere has this become more apparent than with the pandemic, which has seen growing opposition such as the Canadian Trucker blockades. Why has multinationalism run up against problems, not so much National Institutions but from the citizens they govern? In a word "Trust" or rather the lack thereof in politicians and big corporations as well as big tech.
Populations in democracies have now woken up to the fact that they have to stand up to protect those freedoms and governments and global institutions will have to prove they have their best interests at heart.
The question is are they willing to cut corruption out?
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