Andreja Lovic (Serbia) speech at the Global Conference on Multipolarity

Andreja Lovic (Serbia) speech at the Global Conference on Multipolarity

Andreja Lovic (Serbia) – Political scientist, security policy analyst

Помаже Бог драга браћо и сестре из слободног света! Пре свега желим да се захвалим организаторима овог скупа на прилици да говорим на овом значајном панелу. Драго ми је што ћу моћи као Србин да говорим о променама које се дешавају муњевитом брзином пред нашим очима.

First of all I would like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to say something about, as I understand them, important issues regarding the new understanding of multilateralism, especially in security issues. Let me explain also why I think that the definition of „global South“ is a relict of the post-colonial time and why, we, the participents of this conference should not define nations and people by their geographical location, because the WEST told us so. The new-developping re-established countries, as I would call them, are indeed the newgenerator of economic, cultural and military growth worldwide. That is why the role of these mentioned countries from all continents is extremely important for the future world order and global governance.

These days we see how difficult global governance is, especially in the security sector. Therefore, in the name of the new world order, where multipolarism is sustainable only if it is based on rules and institutions, we must discuss control mechanisms. Such mechanisms can be the basis for the formation of new international formats.

In the past decades we saw thаt the non-aligned movement, for example, was a true driver of multipolarity in the age of a bi-polar world, but respected colleagues, I believe that now is the time to talk about a new era of multipolarity. Оne multipolar format that has proven to be insufficiently effective is for example the G20, and for instance the G20 is a multipolar platform, representing a huge part of the world, but we should be more open-minded. The new multipolar world lacks regulations that will tame the old forces and limit the newly created ones at the start, so that we do not witness the emergence of already seen solutions.

Dear colleagues, I want to direct your attention to aspects of international security, because the current system is dysfunctional and based on simple force, regardless of the United Nations charter. Therefore, we, the representatives of the free world, should be determined to create a new security order. That order will inevitably, as many authors predicted, be based on realism, but not on the colonialism of the USA or the collective West.

Samuel Huntington was right when he stated in his work "The Clash of Civilizations" that Western civilization is not universal, but he could not predict the form of coexistence of other civilizations. Therefore, I believe that the word COEXISTENCE among nations is crucial for the 21st century and that no country or nation can claim to be superior to others. In the past period, we have witnessed further self-isolation of the West, which leads to even more complex security situations in the world. Such processes testify to the wrong perception of reality by the Western elites and their followers.

The key question is how the 193 UN member states will organize themselves in the future due to the impossibility of the real functioning of the United Nations Security Council and the actual absence of effective international peacekeeping missions. We Serbs are witnesses of the unipolar world and the domination of the Western hegemon, which robs sovereign nations of their right to exist and imposes its own solutions. The witnesses of those Western solutions are the Serbs in Kosovo, the southern Serbian province, which many Western countries continue to steal from the Republic of Serbia. The example of Afghanistan and Kosovo best illustrates that responsibility to protect actually means responsibility to destroy. That is why multipolarity in the 21st century for new-developping re-established countries should be the basis for a new security architecture that will primarily respect the will of the people and its legitimate representatives, as well as non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The coexistence of nations and states should be based not on the right of the stronger, but on reducing instability. Therefore, respected colleagues, I would like to emphasize which three  principles I see as key to strengthening trust between states and strengthening the new multipolar order, primarily in matters of security:

1. Non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states in matters of socio-political or economic organization.
2. Reduction of security instability through the reduction of foreign military capacities in sovereign states and in border zones between states and international waters.
3. Creation of a new organization for cooperation in the field of international security, based on the principle of equality of sovereign states.

These three principles would make the world safer and the possibilities for strengthening peaceful cooperation between states would increase.

Due to the objective impossibility of reforming the existing formats of international cooperation (like the UN), the construction of new formats primarily in the field of international security is inevitable in the years ahead. I want to point out that the very fact that we, free-thinking people, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of our mother planet, are discussing today the new achievements of the international order is for me a signal that we are already one step closer to that goal. Thank you for your attention!

Andreja Lovic (Serbia) speech at the Global Conference on Multipolarity

Andreja Lovic (Serbia) – Political scientist, security policy analyst

Помаже Бог драга браћо и сестре из слободног света! Пре свега желим да се захвалим организаторима овог скупа на прилици да говорим на овом значајном панелу. Драго ми је што ћу моћи као Србин да говорим о променама које се дешавају муњевитом брзином пред нашим очима.

First of all I would like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to say something about, as I understand them, important issues regarding the new understanding of multilateralism, especially in security issues. Let me explain also why I think that the definition of „global South“ is a relict of the post-colonial time and why, we, the participents of this conference should not define nations and people by their geographical location, because the WEST told us so. The new-developping re-established countries, as I would call them, are indeed the newgenerator of economic, cultural and military growth worldwide. That is why the role of these mentioned countries from all continents is extremely important for the future world order and global governance.

These days we see how difficult global governance is, especially in the security sector. Therefore, in the name of the new world order, where multipolarism is sustainable only if it is based on rules and institutions, we must discuss control mechanisms. Such mechanisms can be the basis for the formation of new international formats.

In the past decades we saw thаt the non-aligned movement, for example, was a true driver of multipolarity in the age of a bi-polar world, but respected colleagues, I believe that now is the time to talk about a new era of multipolarity. Оne multipolar format that has proven to be insufficiently effective is for example the G20, and for instance the G20 is a multipolar platform, representing a huge part of the world, but we should be more open-minded. The new multipolar world lacks regulations that will tame the old forces and limit the newly created ones at the start, so that we do not witness the emergence of already seen solutions.

Dear colleagues, I want to direct your attention to aspects of international security, because the current system is dysfunctional and based on simple force, regardless of the United Nations charter. Therefore, we, the representatives of the free world, should be determined to create a new security order. That order will inevitably, as many authors predicted, be based on realism, but not on the colonialism of the USA or the collective West.

Samuel Huntington was right when he stated in his work "The Clash of Civilizations" that Western civilization is not universal, but he could not predict the form of coexistence of other civilizations. Therefore, I believe that the word COEXISTENCE among nations is crucial for the 21st century and that no country or nation can claim to be superior to others. In the past period, we have witnessed further self-isolation of the West, which leads to even more complex security situations in the world. Such processes testify to the wrong perception of reality by the Western elites and their followers.

The key question is how the 193 UN member states will organize themselves in the future due to the impossibility of the real functioning of the United Nations Security Council and the actual absence of effective international peacekeeping missions. We Serbs are witnesses of the unipolar world and the domination of the Western hegemon, which robs sovereign nations of their right to exist and imposes its own solutions. The witnesses of those Western solutions are the Serbs in Kosovo, the southern Serbian province, which many Western countries continue to steal from the Republic of Serbia. The example of Afghanistan and Kosovo best illustrates that responsibility to protect actually means responsibility to destroy. That is why multipolarity in the 21st century for new-developping re-established countries should be the basis for a new security architecture that will primarily respect the will of the people and its legitimate representatives, as well as non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states. The coexistence of nations and states should be based not on the right of the stronger, but on reducing instability. Therefore, respected colleagues, I would like to emphasize which three  principles I see as key to strengthening trust between states and strengthening the new multipolar order, primarily in matters of security:

1. Non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign states in matters of socio-political or economic organization.
2. Reduction of security instability through the reduction of foreign military capacities in sovereign states and in border zones between states and international waters.
3. Creation of a new organization for cooperation in the field of international security, based on the principle of equality of sovereign states.

These three principles would make the world safer and the possibilities for strengthening peaceful cooperation between states would increase.

Due to the objective impossibility of reforming the existing formats of international cooperation (like the UN), the construction of new formats primarily in the field of international security is inevitable in the years ahead. I want to point out that the very fact that we, free-thinking people, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of our mother planet, are discussing today the new achievements of the international order is for me a signal that we are already one step closer to that goal. Thank you for your attention!