Table of Contents
Foreword
Four pressing cases
Broader Thematic Considerations
The Muslim World: Radicalization and cleavages
Inequalities
Envoi
Executive Summary
Outcomes
Young Leaders
Retrospective and Next Steps
The Challenges of Today’s World
The Baku 20
Introduction
The 4th Global Baku Forum:
A Space to Explore Challenges and Solutions for our Multipolar World
10th of March
The state of the world today and what we need for tomorrow to tackle the most pressing issues
Taking Global Responsibility for Syria: Towards an action plan
Ukraine as a watershed for regional security
11th of March
Iran and Afghanistan: Keys to regional Caspian and Central Asian security and prosperity. What’s next?
Radicalization and migration as a global security challenge: how to progress to committed joint action?
The future of energy, the future of global governance?
Shifting from an unequal, divided world to a sharing society: how?
Global promotion of human rights and raising awareness on gender issues
Youth Talks, We Listen
Migration, multiculturalism and the issue of integration
Conclusion: how to avoid conflicts in the emerging multipolar world of the 21st Century?
Foreword
This fourth Baku Forum was very special. It addressed the truly global issue of our times. What kind of world are we going to live in for much of the 21st century? And the vision that emerges from the many distinguished interventions is one of a multi-polar world. And yet, the reality of tensions and conflicts shows that this multi-polarity is not one of structured cooperation and mutual support. Far from it. It is one of competition and strife. Indeed, since global leaders last convened in Baku, the world has become less stable, there is continued weakness at the UN, while Globalization continues to have profound impact in country after country.
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