The Global System on the Brink: Pathways Toward A New Normal is a joint study by the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO).  

Despite the rapid globalization of the past few decades, which promised cooperation and integration, the potential for major state conflict is on the rise due to deep fragmentation within and between societies. The old confrontation between capitalism and communism has given way to conflicts of moral values with nationalist, religious, and historical-psychological overtones.

The worst outcome would be the emergence of a new bipolarity, pitting a group of states centered around China and Russia against the United States and some European and Asian allies. However serious the current situation, the study emphasizes the opportunities for narrowing differences.  

On December 3, the Atlantic Council will be hosting a public discussion of these challenges in recognition of the release of the joint publication. This discussion will feature the principal authors of the study, exploring the range of issues and case-studies examined within this book.

Please join us on Thursday, December 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for what promises to be an enriching discussion on this critical issue. Additional speakers are to be confirmed.

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Click here to view the live webcast. 

December 3, 2015
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Atlantic Council Headquarters
1030 15th Street NW
12th Floor (West Tower Elevator)
Washington, DC