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Mobilizing Multilateral Cultural Values

Curated and produced by The Solutions Lab – Scaling for Sustainable Infrastructure, a joint initiative by GIZ and the Global Solutions Initiative

Global cultural anxieties are shaping responses to multilateralism at the deepest possible level and reported in daily headlines.

This keynote and panel address the viability and need for mobilizing multilateral values from a cultural perspective. The keynote and the panelists have recently contributed to a book on this subject “Cultural Values in Political Economy” (Stanford University Press, July 2020). Members of the panel have advised international organizations such as UNESCO, the World Bank, and the WTO and serve in distinguished capacities for foreign relations in the United States, Canada, and Australia.

How do cultural values affect the political economy of multilateralism and global governance? How can global civil society and states understand and mobilize cultural values that affect issues such as international trade, environmental sustainability, and international cultural flows such as through arts, migration, and education?

The goal of the session is to highlight the importance of cultural values and to operationalize them for global governance. Solutions proposed include shifting the discourse from environmental accountability to responsibility, including norms of cultural diversity in global governance, managing the cultural obstacles to international trade, and fashioning new cultural narratives of multilateralism and cosmopolitanism.

Technical support by Paul Nooney, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University.

Policy Briefs
Making Global Security Governance and Architectures Context-Responsive
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy - Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
A Framework for the Global Governance of Private Cybersecurity Companies
Shaun Riordan - European Institute for International Studies, Mario Torres Jarrín - the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Alejandro Garofali Acosta - Sweden
Towards a Balanced Quota Reform at the IMF
William N. Kring - Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Haihong Gao - Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Rakesh Mohan - Centre for Social and Economic Progress, Marilou Uy - Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four (G24)
Redesigning Climate Governance
Francisco Gaetani - Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI), Marianna Albuquerque - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Enhancing Interoperability Between Connectivity Initiatives to Achieve the SDGs and Paris Climate Goals
Fanny Sauvignon - Global Connectivity Programme, Arun S. Nair - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Stefania Benaglia - Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Ensuring Greater Equity in Global Institutional Participation
Madhav Das Nalapat - Department of Geopolitics & International Relations, Dhanasree Jayaram - Department of Geopolitics & International Relations, B. Poornima - Department of Geopolitics & International Relations
WHO Reforms for a Post-Pandemic Future
Kasturi Chatterjee - FLAME University
Empowering Subnational Approaches through Multilateralism to Combat Climate Change
Amlan Mishra - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Soham Banerjee - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Smita Chakravarty - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Shubhi Goel - Carbon Markets Association of India (CMAI), Dorothy Ashmita Biswas - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Veena CP - The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Multilateralism and Disaster Management in the Global South: A Case Study for the G20
Sohini Bose - Observer Research Foundation, S. Nanthini - Singapore
Leveraging G20 Multilateralism to Counter Terrorism
Kabir Taneja - Strategic Studies Programme, Mohammed Sinan Siyech - Strategic Studies Programme
Towards Inclusive Climate Multilateralism: An Opportunity for the G20
Aditi Mukund - Gender & Foreign Policy, Namrata Kabra - Water & Climate Security
Funding Multilateralism: Strengthening the United Nations Through Assessed Contributions
Sebastian Haug - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Nilima Gulrajani - Overseas Development Institute, Silke Weinlich - German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Making Plurilateral Initiatives Work for All: Reforming the WTO Through Inclusive and Development-friendly Approaches
M. Sait Akman - Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), Bozkurt Aran - Center for Multilateral Trade Studies, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), Axel Berger - German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Rajeev Kher - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Douglas Lippoldt - Centre for International Governance Innovation, Arun S. Nair - Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Claudia Schmucker - German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Maarten Smeets - non-resident senior fellow at the World Trade Institute
A Framework for a Reformed WTO Appellate Body
Rachel Thrasher - Global Economic Governance Initiative
Equitable Growth in the 21st Century: Addressing Migration Challenges through G20 Multilateralism
Nidhi Piplani Kapur - South East Technological University, Mrunal Sule - Symbiosis Centre for European Studies, Viddhi Thakker - Paris
Insulating Global Food Supply from the Threat of Weaponisation
Kiran Bhatt - Centre for Health Diplomacy, Aniruddha Inamdar - Centre for Health Diplomacy, Anirudh Prem - Centre for Health Diplomacy, Sanjay Pattanshetty - Department of Global Health Governance (DoGHG), Helmut Brand - Prasanna School of Public Health (PSPH)
Establishing a Consensus on Development: On G20-Led WTO Reforms
Pradeep S. Mehta - CUTS International, Sneha Singh - Faculty of Law, Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan - National Council for Applied Economic Research and Centre for Social and Economic Progress, Peter Draper - Institute for International Trade in the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide, Australia, Heribert Dieter - German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Reducing Debt During Crises Through Coordination Between Multilateral Groupings
Tanya Keswani - Decolonisation and Postcolonial Studies
Leveraging India’s G20 Presidency to Address the IMF’s Quota Allocation Issue
Upamanyu Basu - Department of Social and Political Studies, Vishal Sagar - Department of Social and Political Studies, Anand Kumar Mishra - Department of Social and Political Studies, Meritxell Perello - Asia-Pacific Team
Building G7-G20 Synergy for a Multipolar World
Jayant Prasad - IDSA, Syed Munir Khasru - Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG), Aleksandra Jaskólska - University of Warsaw, Monish Tourangbam - Amity University Noida
A Reform Proposal for a Fit-For-Purpose International Monetary Fund
Brahima S. Coulibaly - Global Economy and Development,
Establishing Global Norms to Protect Critical Information Infrastructure
Srishti Saxena - Chase India, Kaushal Mahan - Chase India
Harnessing the G20’s Potential for Global Counter- Ransomware Efforts
Tobias Scholz - King’s College London and National University of Singapore, Sameer Patil - Observer Research Foundation
Towards a Multilateral Framework for Digital Public Infrastructure
Christoph Meinel - Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany, Sharinee L. Jagtiani - Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering, David Hagebölling - Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering
Enhancing the Legitimacy of Multilateralism: Two Innovative Proposals for the U.N.
Andreas Bummel - Democracy Without Borders, Thomas Pogge - Yale
Cooperation Remains Indispensable for Tackling Global Challenges
Johannes Kummerow - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Moritz Hunger - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Jörn Geisselmann - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Intersecting Vol.11
Ramiro Albrieu - CIPPEC, Nicolas J.A. Buchoud - Global Solutions Initiative, Michael Cohen - Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, Rainer Kern - Enjoy Jazz Festival, Shuva Raha - Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Toward a New Age of Multilateralism
Markus Engels - Global Solutions Initiative, Christian Kastrop - Global Solutions Initiaitve
Reshaping the International Order through Human Rights and “Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration” Implementation in Multilateral Organizations
Shu Fukuya - Johns Hopkins University, Maria Lemberg - Gromadyany Foundation, Benson Nyamweno - Egerton University, Paul McAllister - Global Leaders in Unity and Evolvement
Building Comprehensive Global Security: Harnessing the Unexplored G7-G20 Synergy
Jenny Gordon - Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australia National University (ANU), Syed Munir Khasru - Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG), Antonio Villafranca - ISPI
Political Innovation for a Better Governance
Marc Fleurbaey - Princeton University
The G20 at a Crossroads: The Future of Global Governance
Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative Foundation
Innovating Global Governance:Bottom-up, The Inductive Approach
Aitor Pérez - Elcano Royal Institute, Andrés Ortega - Elcano Royal Institute,
Diplomacy and interferences in social media: Contrasting disinformation and protecting multilateralism
Serena Giusti - Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy), Elisa Piras - Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)
Deepening G20-UN system cooperation to foster socio-economic recovery from the pandemic and reduce inequality worldwide: towards a G20+
Joris Larik - Leiden University (Netherlands); Stimson Center, Washington DC (USA), Richard Ponzio - Stimson Center, Washington DC (USA)
Global legal standards: Pathways to reorganise globalisation
Giovanni Farese - European University of Rome (Italy), FU Jun - Peking University, Beijing (China), Erik Jones - Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Bologna (Italy), Marta Dassù - Aspen Institute Italia
How to systematise G20 engagement with African multilateralism
Gustavo de Carvalho - Institute for Security Studies (ISS), South Africa
G20 global annual risk report
REN Lin - Institute of World Economics and Politics (IWEP), Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing (China)
An open, flexible and “fit-for-purpose” multilateralism
Tullio Ambrosone - Scuola di Politiche, Milan (Italy), Michele Bellini - Budapest European Agora, Budapest (Hungary), Lecaros de Cossio - OECD
A transformative gender approach to fighting corruption in low- and middle-income countries
Mathea Bernhardt - Sciences Po (PSIA), Paris (France), Laura Dugardin - Sciences Po (PSIA), Paris (France), Maxime Forest - Sciences Po (PSIA), Paris (France)
Cryptocurrencies and state power: Harnessing the benefits of DLT through multilateralism
Amir Magdy - Kamel King’s College London (UK), Zeno Leoni - King’s College London (UK), Michele Groppi - King’s College London (UK)
A G20 tech diplomacy
Shaun Riordan - European Institute for International Studies, Mario Torres - Pontifical University of Salamanca, Muhammad Khurram Khan - Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA) King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Identifying ultimate beneficial owners: A risk-based approach to improving the transparency of international financial flows
Yves Crama - HEC University of Liège (France), Georges Hübner - HEC University of Liège (France), Luc Leruth - International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University (ISET Policy Institute) (Georgia), Luc Renneboog - Tilburg University (Netherlands)
Strengthening multilateralism and multi-stakeholder partnerships in international development cooperation
Carlos R. Milani - Brazilian Center for International Relations CEBRI (Rio de Janeiro); Rio de Janeiro State University’s Institute for Social and Political Studies IESP-UERJ
The cyber diplomacy of constructing norms in cyberspace
Mario Torres - Pontifical University of Salamanca, Shaun Riordan - European Institute for International Studies
An inclusive approach for addressing global challenges through coordination
Maha Akeel - Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Joining forces: Reviving multilateralism through multi-stakeholder cooperation
Ronja Scheler - Körber-Stiftung, Hugo Dobson - University of Sheffield
Coordinating committee for the governance of artificial intelligence
Thorsten Jelinek - Taihe Institute, Europe Center, Danil Kerimi - Kindwell Inc., Vancouver, Wendell Wallach - ISPS Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University
At the interface of security and development – Adressing fragility through good governance of the security sector
Hans Born - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Daniel Reimers - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Viola Csordas - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Abigail Robinson - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), Camilla Arvaston - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Reinvigorating multilateral cooperation during the Covid-19 crisis: The role of the G20
Dennis Görlich - & Program Manager, Socio-Economic Transformation, Juliane Stein-Zalai - Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Reinforcing global climate governance to deliver higher ambition
Mari Luomi - Independent expert, Jennifer Allan - Lecturer in International Relations, Cardiff University, Rishikesh Ram Bhandary - Research Fellow, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
The future of multilateralism: responsible globalization that empowers citizens and leaves no one behind
Homi Kharas - The Brookings Institution, Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative Foundation, Sebastian Strauss - Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
A new lifeline for the G20? The Role of african and european actors in enhancing its legitimacy and effectiveness
Luca Barana - Istituto Affari Internazionali, Daniele Fattibene - Istituto Affari Internazionali, Christine Hackenesch - German Development Institute, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos - South African Institute of International Affairs, Bernardo Venturi - Istituto Affari Internazionali
Managing the transition to a multi-stakeholder artificial intelligence governance
María Belén Abdala - CIPPEC Argentina, Andrés Ortega - Elcano Royal Institute, Julia Pomares - Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Towards a Multilateral Consensus on Data Governance
Kateryna Heseleva - Hertie School, Vincent Jerald Ramos - Hertie School, Alan Ichilevici de Oliveira - NAMA Facility - Carbon-neutral development in emerging economies, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
The Future of Multilateralism: Towards A Responsible Globalization That Empowers Citizens And Leaves No One Behind
Homi Kharas - The Brookings Institution, Dennis J. Snower - Global Solutions Initiative Foundation, Sebastian Strauss - Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution
Coordinating Committee for the Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Wendell Wallach - ISPS Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale University, Danil Kerimi - Kindwell Inc., Vancouver, Thorsten Jelinek - Taihe Institute, Europe Center
Commentaries and Articles
T20 Recommendations Report: Global Governance and the Future of International Institutions
Compiled by Dennis Görlich (IfW Kiel) and Juliane Stein-Zalai (IfW Kiel)
The China-West Dialogue: Toward a Global Order for All
Background Note for Global Solutions Summit “Global Table on the Global Order”
Message to the special G20 Leaders’ Summit on the COVID-19 Pandemic
By World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid
Letter to EU Presidents
By Danilo Türk, President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid; Former President of Slovenia
Letter to International Monetary Fund and World Bank
By Danilo Türk, President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid; Former President of Slovenia
Message to the G20 on EU’s Coronavirus Global Response Online Pledging Event
By Danilo Türk, President of World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid
Geopolitical symptoms of COVID-19: Narrative battles within the Eastern Partnership
By Mihai-Razvan Corman (Bertelsmann Stiftung) and Eliana Coraci (Bertelsmann Stiftung)
Coronavirus is also a threat to democratic constitutions
By Constanze Stelzenmüller (Brookings)
The Action Imperative for the G20
By Rajiv Bhatia (Gateway House)
Pandemic and Socialism
By Prabhat Patnaik (IPSP)
The COVID-19 pandemic: A letter to G-20 leaders
By IPSP
Toward “effective multilateralism” in turbulent times – Global Solutions Journal
Realizing opportunities of the 21st century for all – Global Solutions Journal
The future of multilateralism – Global Solutions Journal
China and its Long March: End in sight? Not yet – Global Solutions Journal
The WTO needs a Plan B – Global Solutions Journal
Will COVID-19 Remake the World?
By Dani Rodrik (Harvard University – Kennedy School of Government)
The G20 Needs to Show Leadership to Fight COVID-19
By John Bruton
A Letter to G20 Governments
By Erik Berglöf, Gordon Brown & Jeremy Farrar (Project Syndicate)

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