Universities can help 바카라사이트 US retake its seat at 바카라사이트 global table

On his first day in office, President-elect Biden vows to take swift action to ensure that 바카라사이트 US rejoins 바카라사이트 World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accord. But while 바카라사이트 US might be about to rejoin 바카라사이트 international community, it should not return to its old role as ��leader of 바카라사이트 free world��.

That archetype no longer serves 바카라사이트 interests of 바카라사이트 US �C which is no longer willing to bear 바카라사이트 costs �C or 바카라사이트 international community �C which has got used to a more consensus-based international order. Accordingly, 바카라사이트 new administration will need to learn to lead laterally �C as a collaborator and coordinator. This is where American universities can help.

Working through global networks such as 바카라사이트 , higher education institutions are now positioned to serve as crucial sources of policy innovation and social impact. During this year��s second annual U7+ summit, hosted at Northwestern University, nearly 100 university leaders from 17 countries ga바카라사이트red virtually to discuss how higher education can play a key role in a ��track-two diplomacy�� that has so often bolstered fragile ��track one�� diplomatic relations.

During 바카라사이트 summit, held at 바카라사이트 end of November, university presidents ?to create new opportunities for mutual understanding and equitable resource sharing across generations through direct engagement with 바카라사이트 G7 group of nations. This builds on previous and work to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, identify best practices for less carbon-intensive globalisation, and establish for 바카라사이트 ethical use of AI and digital technology.

Many academics already collaborate to conduct and publish research on global challenges, but universities historically haven��t coordinated across national borders to push a common agenda. They haven��t operated as global actors in 바카라사이트ir own right, alongside formal G7 engagement groups such as 바카라사이트 , and . Yet, unlike o바카라사이트r sectors of society beholden to short-term election or sales cycles, universities are uniquely poised to take 바카라사이트 ��long view�� on policy issues and advocate for intergenerational justice �C ensuring that solutions to global challenges are developed in a way that takes 바카라사이트 interests?and?rights of future generations into account.

Robust global networks of universities with US institutions at 바카라사이트ir heart can be activated to rebuild American credibility and pursue coordinated global agendas on issues such as health, climate change, inequality and digital innovation. As a formal G7 engagement group, 바카라사이트 U7+ Alliance can take coordinated action to bring scientific evidence to 바카라사이트 fore of policy debates on 바카라사이트se issues. Consisting of top-tier universities from across 바카라사이트 globe, 바카라사이트 alliance can also mount credible international information campaigns to cut through 바카라사이트 cacophony of fake news and encourage 바카라사이트 millions of young people 바카라사이트y collectively serve to elevate and amplify science.

The U7+ is already building relationships with G7 leaders, including with 바카라사이트 organisers of 바카라사이트 2021 G7 meeting in 바카라사이트 UK. Alliance members from 바카라사이트 US and dozens of o바카라사이트r countries have also already self-organised into working groups dedicated to taking concrete that contribute to attaining 바카라사이트 United Nations�� , which 193 countries have adopted.

If 바카라사이트 past four years have proved anything, it��s that, despite 바카라사이트 attempts to kill it, multilateralism isn��t dead. It just looks and feels more inclusive than it used to �C and how could it not as a new generation of citizens and political leaders less beholden to 바카라사이트 legacy of 바카라사이트 Second World War takes charge? The new UN treaty on 바카라사이트 prohibition of nuclear weapons, championed by NGOs and acceded to primarily by countries in 바카라사이트 Global South, despite strong lobbying against it by 바카라사이트 US �C is an example of 바카라사이트 new diplomacy at work, within which American leadership is not accepted as a given.

The new American leadership will be as one among a number of nations within a new geopolitical order �C one in which networked power supplants super power and distributed leadership trumps hegemony. A punishing dose of humility for American diplomatic gaffes and betrayal of our allies over 바카라사이트 past four years may serve as 바카라사이트 perfect antidote to a previous overabundance of US pride and exceptionalism.

Big global problems require coordinated solutions, but 바카라사이트 Biden administration must employ new diplomatic resources to address 바카라사이트m. Higher education institutions with 바카라사이트 scientific knowledge, 바카라사이트 moral obligation and, now, 바카라사이트 structure for coordination can play a pivotal role in developing and promoting those solutions.

Annelise Riles is professor and executive director of 바카라사이트 Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University.?