Comfort Ero, president of the International Crisis Group, discusses the troubling return of great power politics and the weakening of international institutions like the UN. In an interview held at Davos, she highlights the interconnected nature of current conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, and elsewhere, attributing these to a decline in Western influence and a resurgence of states asserting their own interests. Ero emphasizes that the world is moving towards a new global order lacking the traditional norms that previously maintained peace and stability.
Ero warns of a paradigm shift in global order, where old guardrails weaken, great power politics resurfaces, and the West's influence diminishes in the face of rising nations.
The current wave of conflicts is connected by the weakening ability of institutions like the UN to mediate, creating a landscape where national interests collide.
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