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Towards a New Multilateralism: Cultural Divergence and Political Convergence?

Acknowledgments Foreword A variety of paths towards modernization Convergences and divergences in four intertwined policy fields Climate change/environmental protection International trade Global governance and multilateral peacekeeping Human rights In place of a conclusion I Environmental policy, climate change, and ecological civilization Meeting Sustainable Development Goals through a paradigm shift in the newly emerging world pattern The emerging world pattern and its implications for sustainable development A change in the global landscape for development A new vision for a sustainable future A shift towards a new paradigm of ecological civilization Accelerating the transformative process References China’s global ecological civilization and multilateral environmental governance The political and cultural meaning of the Chinese concepts of "ecological civilization" and "community of common destiny"China's practice of ecological civilization in multilateral environmental governance within the fields of climate change and biodiversity Conclusion References Chinese power sector regulation: key lessons for developing nations II Trade wars, economic cooperation, and social justice The crisis of international trade and its cultural and political implications: is the EU’s approach contributing to a renewal of multilateralism?Introduction: a dramatic change in global trade More than trade is at stake: the political and cultural implications of trade relations Arguments for unrestricted free trade Arguments against free trade Arguments for rules-based trade Worldwide, multilateral trade has slowed, with potentially dire consequences for prosperity, peace, and global governance Reviving global trade by reforming the WTO Obstacles to reforming the WTO Reviving global trade through bilateralism and interregionalism The new EU trade policy as a case study: how well has it been applied thus far?Trade and culture Conclusions References EU-China economic and trade relations in the hard times of the world economy Hard times of the world economy The EU's demarches in the context of the US-China trade war A new triplexity in the making?References Towards a comprehensive approach to trade and social justice Not a novel issue: a few examples Trade as a non-financial interaction among nations Are there positive signs on the horizon?Five suggestions Conclusion References III Which global governance and multilateral peacekeeping?Multilateralism in crisis: a European perspective The crisis of the global governance system How did the crisis come about?The crisis as a problem of legitimation What is to be done?Note References Human security, climate change, and migration: a European perspective What are we talking about when we talk about security?What are we talking about when we talk about human security?Security and climate change Climate change impacts on Europe EU citizens' perceptions of, and attitudes on, climate change The EU's response to the climate crisis Migration, politics, and security Pressing migratory dynamics The EU's migration regime Concluding remarks Note References IV Universalism versus relativism in protecting human rights Multiple modernities and universal human rights The controversy of the first decades The new challenge The Western genesis The divide within the West Universality reconsidered A new dialogue?References Human rights and a “garden” of human community in the post-globalization era Human dignity and rights viewed through the lens of intellectual history The institutionalization of human rights protection and cultural relativism The political instrumentalization of cultural relativism Declarations of human rights - a "garden" of cultural diversity for the protection of human rights References The crisis of multilateralism and the future of human rights The crisis of multilateralism Human rights and the liberal international order The state of the human rights regime A new human rights regime?In conclusion: the relevance of pragmatism References V Towards a new multilateralism: deepening the conceptual dimension Multilateralism via inter-practicality: institutions and relations Practicality and localness of background knowledge Intra-practicality: endogenous intersubjectivity and continuity Inter-practicality: mutuality and change Coexistence of multiple practices Practice internalism Practice as an open process Human agency as the key factor New multilateralism: of institutions and relations Conclusion References

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