Tag: Rise of the Nation State

This G7 reflects our G-zero world, ruled by self-interest instead of global ambition | Tom Kibasi | The Guardian

An Extinction Rebellion banner reads ‘G7 Act Now’ on a beach at St Ives, on Sunday.

Over the past 18 months, the pandemic has reaffirmed the centrality of nation states in human affairs, with little international coordination and the sidelining of multilateral institutions. Nations with the capacity to act globally seem to lack the ambition beyond the pursuit of their narrowly defined national interest. Those with the ambition lack the means or commitment. And so the G7 meeting reflects the reality that we now live in a G-zero world.

Source: This G7 reflects our G-zero world, ruled by self-interest instead of global ambition | Tom Kibasi | The Guardian