Multilateralism Under Pressure: Can International Negotiations Still Deliver? - A Geneva Security Debate

Building on the 2024 conference “Redefining Multilateralism in a New Geopolitical Era,” this Geneva Security Debate shifts the focus from diagnosing the challenges facing multilateralism to examining how it is evolving in practice.

Multilateralism has long provided the foundation of global governance. Yet it is multilateral negotiations that increasingly determine whether cooperation succeeds. Geopolitical competition, institutional fragmentation, normative divides and innovation are reshaping how negotiations are conducted. 

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN), this event will explore how multilateral negotiations are evolving and how these processes can operate to sustain cooperation in a more contested international environment.

Opening remarks

• Dr Tobias Vestner, Director of Research and Policy Advice Department, GCSP

Speakers

• Prof Mikhail Troitskiy, PIN Member and Visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
• Prof Fen Oslen Hampson, PIN Member and Chancellor's Professor at Carleton University
• Prof Valérie Rosoux, PIN Member and Professor in International Relations, University of Louvain

Moderator

• Ms Maréva Lietti-Roduit, Department Manager, Research and Policy Advice Department, GCSP