Earnest Talk vs “Earnest” Failure
Tassos Symeonides
(RIEAS Academic Advisor)
Copyright: Research Institute for European and American Studies (www.rieas.gr) Publication date: 16 June 2020
Note: The article reflects the opinion of the author and not necessarily the views of the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
Ever since the end of WWII, the idea of international communication and cooperation through “multilateralism” dominated the efforts of leaders, philosophers, academics, and commentators throughout the Western world. Alliances, like NATO, appeared the full-proof instruments of “stability.” The United Nations, the intellectual child of the post-WWII urge to formalize permanent “peace for all,” grew by leaps and bounds. ..Read more