The New Dark Age? When Alliances Fracture and Values Fade

Описание: The architects of the post-1945 world order are walking away from their own creation. The institutions they built to govern have haemorrhaged credibility under pressure both external and internal.

As the old-world fractures, new channels of power emerge – through weaponisation of economic integration, the return of revanchism, and creation of agile, opportunity-based groupings. Even the exercise of power has taken on a hybrid character. Today, military deterrence, economic leverage, digital dominance, and narrative control are all used as instruments of assertion.

At stake is not merely the design of institutions that will support global order in the 21st century – but also whether humanity can re-articulate a vision of the common good and of shared values. This session explores how power is defined, exercised, and institutionalised in the contemporary world.

⁠What new configurations of power and alignments are shaping the new world?⁠ ⁠

How should the conception of order be reconciled with the practical possibilities and limitations posed by the current global balance of power?

Is there any consensus over which tools of coercion are legitimate – or will countries increasingly weaponise whatever they deem necessary to seek their strategic objectives?
As security rivalries intensify, what fate awaits global cooperation?

How can emerging and developing economies claim and reclaim agency in a fracturing order?

Speakers:

Alexander A. Dynkin, President, Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Amrita Narlikar, Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India

Florence Gaub, Director, Research Division, NATO Defence College, Italy

Hans-Christian Hagman, Deputy Director General and Senior Adviser, Strategic Analysis, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Karim Haggag, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

Moderator: Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, Observer Research Foundation America, United States of America

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