ABSTRACT
Amorim responds to Ahmed Davutoğlu’s analysis of “systemic earthquakes” that redefine international politics. Amorim agrees with Davutoğlu’s plea for an inclusive, value based, global governance. Joint efforts on multilateral issues in areas such as trade and security by Amorim and Davutoğlu resulted in the Tehran Declaration. In a piece, entitled “Diplomacy is the Least Damaging Option with Iran,” Anne Marie Slaughter summarized the Tehran Declaration, saying that the US and its allies should “turn back to Brazil and Turkey.” Inclusiveness has posed issues. Strengthening bodies like the Peace Building Commission and ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council) would be welcome. Updating the composition of G-20 and the Security Council (especially in relation to the permanent members), may expand its agenda to subjects other than financial ones and would also help in finding positive solutions to intractable questions. However, no “structural reform” task would preempt the rise of conservative nationalist ideologies of the kind represented by Donald Trump or Marine Le Pen. The notion that individual well-being depends on the well-being of fellow humans, or that the well-being of the country depends on the well-being of other countries, needs to be conveyed in the frame of international relations.
