Tomorrow, on Wednesday 8 July at 2.00pm,
Ambassador John Bolton, former US National Security
Advisor and former US Ambassador to the United Nations
will give evidence to the House of Lords International Relations
and Defence Committee in a session that will focus on the US'
future role in the multilateral system.
The session can be watched live or on demand at
Parliament
TV or in person in Committee Room 2, Palace
of Westminster.
Questions will include:
- The US was responsible for building and maintaining the
post-war multilateral system. In your view, will it continue to
play this role in years to come?
- While we have seen some degree of retreat from multilateral
leadership under the second Trump administration, how much
further do you think this project has to run? Could we expect
future administrations to withdraw from organisations such as the
UN, Bretton Woods institutions and World Trade Organization?
- What do you see as the key factors contributing to the US
backlash against multilateral organisations under President
Trump? Do these have longer term roots, and to what extent do you
consider this administration's scepticism to be justified?
- If the US withdraws from its position as a multilateral
leader, how do you assess the risk that China could assume a
leadership role within key organisations, and how might this risk
be managed?
- What does the multilateral system look like when shorn of the
US as a steward? Is there any potential for likeminded powers to
come together to reinforce the system, as proposed by Prime
Minister Carney at Davos?
