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Panel 2: The World in 2025 — Building International Cooperation
“Global collaboration greatly relies on the major building block that is regional collaboration, and collaboration between initiatives with shared interests.”
The second Think7 panel of the 2025 summit spoke on the state of international cooperation today and the future of global relations.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Aaron Shull, Managing Director and General Counsel, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
02:29 Tetsushi Sonobe, Former Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
06:30 Bambang Brodjonegoro, Former Finance Minister, Indonesia and Incoming Dean, ADBI
10:50 Luciana Mendes Santos Servo, Civil Servant, Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea)
14:53 Esther Brimmer, James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
20:39 Christian Kastrop, CEO and Partner, Global Solutions Initiative (GSI)
25:46 Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
33:05 Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
42:20 Antonio Villafranca, Vice President for Research, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
48:12 Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
52:54 Marc Hecker, Deputy Director, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) Marc Hecker is deputy director of Ifri and editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal
58:47 Question: Implications for Big Tech and their corporate valuations if the WTO rulebook is torn up — wouldn’t that hurt dominant US companies?
1:10:28 Question: What potential do [the panelists] see for leadership on the question of reforming and “saving” the rules-based order from governments in the global South?
1:23:42 Question: As state actors face systemic crises, can the UN work with scientific and professional communities as it did with UN convention on the Law of the Sea to advance practical global architecture for digital finance and data cooperation that can enable progress toward the SDGs even if formal treaties lag?
1:32:03 Question: With younger individuals being placed in positions of influence and youth negotiators in international security discussions often facing skepticism, what critical perspectives or tools are we [young people in positions of influence] in need of and where are we being overlooked? How can we strengthen our role in shaping security policies to ensure we are not just symbolic participants?
Tags: #T7CIGI #Think72025 #Think7 #T7 #G7 #G72025
Panel 2: The World in 2025 — Building International Cooperation
“Global collaboration greatly relies on the major building block that is regional collaboration, and collaboration between initiatives with shared interests.”
The second Think7 panel of the 2025 summit spoke on the state of international cooperation today and the future of global relations.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction: Aaron Shull, Managing Director and General Counsel, the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
02:29 Tetsushi Sonobe, Former Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
06:30 Bambang Brodjonegoro, Former Finance Minister, Indonesia and Incoming Dean, ADBI
10:50 Luciana Mendes Santos Servo, Civil Servant, Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea)
14:53 Esther Brimmer, James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
20:39 Christian Kastrop, CEO and Partner, Global Solutions Initiative (GSI)
25:46 Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Chief Executive, South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
33:05 Anna-Katharina Hornidge, Director, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
42:20 Antonio Villafranca, Vice President for Research, Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)
48:12 Ettore Greco, Executive Vice President, Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
52:54 Marc Hecker, Deputy Director, French Institute of International Relations (Ifri) Marc Hecker is deputy director of Ifri and editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal
58:47 Question: Implications for Big Tech and their corporate valuations if the WTO rulebook is torn up — wouldn’t that hurt dominant US companies?
1:10:28 Question: What potential do [the panelists] see for leadership on the question of reforming and “saving” the rules-based order from governments in the global South?
1:23:42 Question: As state actors face systemic crises, can the UN work with scientific and professional communities as it did with UN convention on the Law of the Sea to advance practical global architecture for digital finance and data cooperation that can enable progress toward the SDGs even if formal treaties lag?
1:32:03 Question: With younger individuals being placed in positions of influence and youth negotiators in international security discussions often facing skepticism, what critical perspectives or tools are we [young people in positions of influence] in need of and where are we being overlooked? How can we strengthen our role in shaping security policies to ensure we are not just symbolic participants?
Tags: #T7CIGI #Think72025 #Think7 #T7 #G7 #G72025
