Sentence examples for on multilateralism from inspiring English sources

Just because the United States has turned its back on multilateralism doesn't mean other countries will follow suit, however.

As David Held puts it: "We need an emphasis on multilateralism and common rules, not hegemony and order through dominance".

Meanwhile, Barack Obama, with his globalized upbringing and insistence on multilateralism, could be expected, as president, to nominate justices more sympathetic to an outward-looking Constitution.

It suggests that the 190 governments due to approve it have, in effect, given up on multilateralism, given up on the world and given up on us.

The instrument for that unity is the European Union, a model of shared and devolved sovereignty that is built on multilateralism and compromise.

In Brussels on September 30th America's assistant secretary of state for European affairs, Philip Gordon, warned the Europeans that the Obama administration needed something in return for its punt on multilateralism.

Brazil appeared to enjoy a schizophrenic approach to multilateralism: on the one hand it demonstrated strong leadership in securing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, but was also keen to nurture relations of "solidarity" with countries of the 'global South' with "hopes of undermining" traditional political structures dominated by the global north [ 13], page 15.

Germany's perspective focuses on the importance of multilateralism for dealing with new threats but lacks ideas for European defense.

The trouble is that hard-line critics of multilateralism focussed on how that power was constrained and missed how it was magnified.

"The whole spirit of multilateralism is on life support," Chandy said.

The last years have seen a discrediting of multilateralism as agreements on issues such as trade and the refugee crisis have proved elusive.