As this year is the of 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two and the creation of the United Nations, the DOC intended to devote the 18th annual Rhodes Forum to the reform and reinvention of international cooperation. [...] They would have been at the heart of the discussions in the Rhodes Forum and have been developed in the spirit of the DOC, bringing together all perspectives, cultures, and civilisations for discussion on an equal footing, with the goal of fostering the emergence of shared worldviews. [...] The lack of foresight and vision on the part of most – although not all – international socio-political and economic observers to anticipate such an event must rate as the largest collective analytical oversight since we failed to notice the end of the Cold War and the break-up of the Soviet Union. [...] The key elements to note for this report are the three trends in the international domain on the right-hand side of the figure: (i) In the economic domain, the continued rise of nationalism, protectionism, de- globalisation, and de-coupling; 23 (ii) In the politico-security domain, the continued growth of US-China competition (a new Cold War even), the rise of geopolitics, and the crisis of multil. [...] The meta- narrative of the community of origin, especially in the hands of the populist politician and reinforced by sentiments of uniqueness, ethnicity, and faith, is invariably a much stronger 31 motivating idea than the less tangible narrative of a community of destiny.
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