TREND
As the UN approaches its 80th anniversary, the international scene has shifted from a regulated order to a reign of force, with 61 conflicts involving 36 states – an unprecedented peak since its inception in 1945[1]. Caught between a veto crisis and a budget crisis, the Organisation is struggling to halt the escalation, while the United States’ disengagement is further undermining its funding and authority. Against this backdrop, in September 2025 Beijing launched its Global Governance Initiative[2] (GGI), as a support to the Charter but backed by multilateral networks (BRICS/NDB, AIIB, SCO) and techno-financial channels (mBridge) ready to deliver concrete capabilities. Global governance is rapidly reconfiguring itself along lines that we have been anticipating since 2009: a coexistence between a normative UN framework and an executive branch run by clubs, where China aggregates the demands of the Global South.
The workings of the United Nations’ “fuzzy” system – Source: Le Monde diplomatique.
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