The Emerging Multilateral World: Power Shifts and Strategic Positioning

This panel examines the transformation of the international system in the context of an emerging multilateral world marked by shifting power dynamics, geopolitical competition, and evolving patterns of global governance. It explores how established and emerging powers, middle powers, and regional actors are adapting their foreign policies and strategic positioning in response to the diffusion of power and the rise of new political, economic, and security alignments. The panel welcomes interdisciplinary contributions on topics such as multipolarity, strategic autonomy, hedging strategies, regional integration, international institutions, great-power competition, and the implications of these transformations for global order, peace, and international cooperation.