title: Multilateralism amid Geopolitics
abstract: Geopolitics is back, with major powers increasingly approaching urgent international problems – such as climate change, global health, or artificial intelligence – through a zero-sum lens. Multilateral institutions appear gridlocked as global rivals block proceedings and fail to comply with established norms and rules. <br/><br/>Reflecting on childhood memories of key events in international relations and his experience as an intern at the UN in New York, Professor Hylke Dijkstra reconsiders int