Reinventing The West

Reinventing the West aims to develop a strategic vision to reinvigorate the relationship between Europe and North America, tackling this daunting task by exploring how the West can provide leadership in a multipolar, economically challenging and increasingly complex world.

The project has two main components; a high-level panel discussion and an online consultation platform. The panel discussion will bring together a series of experts and generate fresh thinking on the challenges and opportunities confronting Europe and the United States. The panel discussion will be video- and audio-taped. It serves as the starting point for a broader, societal discussion on the online forum. This is the second component of the project. Taken together, the project creates a venue for the exchange of ideas and the generation of new insights regarding the role of the West in a multipolar world.

Note: HCSS will moderate the online discussion by removing lengthy contributions (exceeding 500 words) and inappropriate comments.

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The Noaber Foundation is confounded to Dutch law. Their goal is to financially enable projects and investments that achieve maximum social impact. They wish to contribute to solving some of the intractable social problems in society. They try to do this in an entrepreneurial manner, as an entrepreneurial philanthropist ("venture philanthropist") and social investors ("social venturer). For more information, see their website: http://www.noaber.com/

Discussion Topics

Reinventing Foreign and Security Policy

As political, economic and military power shifts East, and the effects of the financial crisis spread, Western states must contemplate their foreign and security policy priorities. New types of challenges and new actors are emerging, as the Arab Spring, resource concerns and state failure make clear. Yet transatlantic cooperation cannot be taken for granted.
How can Western cooperation be strengthened in this complex world? And what should Western diplomacy, defense and security policies focus on?

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Reinventing Economic and Financial Policy

The global economic order is changing. The rise of India, China and others and Western economic and financial hardships are fueling concerns that a new economic order is being created. What does this mean for Western economic and financial priorities? As Western states cope with their burden of sovereign debt, transatlantic cooperation is all but self-evident. How can financial and economic security be maintained while serving international stability and political cooperation?

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Reinventing Global governance

Global institutions reflect the world of yesterday. They seem to increasingly suffer from limited effectiveness and an outdated structure and membership. Should these institutions be changed in order to make responsible stakeholders out of emerging powers? Or are the institutions past their date of expiration, and should new institutions be set up? Multipolarity also means that regional organisations will increase in importance. Is there a zero-sum game between regionalism and global governance? How could the West go about dealing with this?

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Reinventing Democracy

A paradoxical situation has emerged in Western society. While transnational challenges loom larger than ever, Western publics are becoming more and more isolationist. Politicians can take unpopular decisions in defiance of public opinion, but risk defeat at the ballot box. As a result of new media technologies, the relationship between the government and the governed is also changing.

Multipolarity is also challenging the spread of democratic values and ideas. Is this worrying, and will it lead to Western frustration? How to revitalize Western democracies?

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