David Miliband

New Bargain on Foreign Policy

I argued in my Wilberforce Lecture  that "for a new multilateralism we need a new bargain. The US must be prepared to share power and act in collaboration. But China, India, Europe, Brazil and Russia must be prepared to take on more responsibility as global players. This can be the basis of a new rules-based international order."

I will be in Washington on Wednesday following up the argument in Hillary Clinton's speech two weeks ago , when, among other things, she talked about "the need for a different global architecture - one in which states have clear incentives to cooperate and live up to their responsibilities, as well as strong disincentives to sit on the sidelines or sow discord and division."
 
The global society won't be run by global government - in the form of world elected government - but it does need legitimate, representative and effective international institutions that reflect intergovernmental views and share sovereignty where appropriate. We should not fear such institutions; they are the way to address shared risk and grasp shared opportunities.

Posted at 14:23 28 July 2009 by David Miliband  |  Comments[6]