#GLOBSEC2020 Bratislava Forum: De-fragmenting the World - Envisioning a More Cooperative Future

Maria Theresia stage - Day 1, 14.00 - 14.55

COVID19 could have been a trigger to bring the world closer together to combat an invisible but deadly common threat. Instead, it has accelerated and deepened divisions that had been taking shape for decades. We risk sliding into diverging and separate realities. For many, at least two different systems of values – democracy vs. authoritarianism – are crystallizing. How can we bring the world together to face common challenges? Are there still areas where we can work together? How can we mould global cooperative institutions to address security concerns? How can we overcome ideological divisions and find common solutions to the current and future health crises and address climate change? Can we prevent the world from setting up different and incompatible norms in how we develop and use emerging technologies? How can we revamp international institutions to be fit for the future?

Speakers:
H.E. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Martin Klus, State Secretary Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic
John Allen, President of Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Ditmir Bushati, Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE
Amb. Rastislav Káčer, Chairman, GLOBSEC

Led by:
Stephanie Liechtenstein, Diplomatic Correspondent and Freelance Journalist, Vienna