Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh Participates in CUTS International Webinar on Indo-Pacific Geopolitics Under Trump's Second Term
Special to TAG-IT News Agency
AMMAN – The renowned CUTS International has recently hosted a highly anticipated webinar titled "Trump 2.0 and the Indo-Pacific: Navigating Stormy Waters or Charting a New Course?" The event brought together global experts, policymakers, and thought leaders to assess the implications of President Donald Trump's second term on the geopolitics, trade, and security frameworks of the Indo-Pacific region.
The webinar featured a distinguished panel of speakers, including Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, whose deeply insightful contributions underscored the importance of a collective approach to addressing global challenges. He emphasized the necessity of a "World First" approach, to tackle issues on a global scale, rather than the protectionist leanings that recent US decisions are driving countries to consider.
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh proposed “a panel of leaders, experts from business, non-government, and other sectors who can sit together to find solutions and proposals for the entire world to save the world mission.”
He went onto say, “I have warned that this year will be the start of many crises in the world that will accelerate. President Trump can do a lot in six years due to his executive orders which are his weapons that he can use without referring to Congress. We need a world that recognizes peace is basic, but peace cannot be established without fairness, and fairness must be the basis on which the world operates. We are living in a world now where there is no fairness and there will be no peace. We need a new world order. We need a replacement to the UN.”
The webinar also prominently featured insights from Mr. Pascal Lamy, former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, who cautioned against the US distancing itself from the WTO, which would shape global trade rules in unpredictable ways and have major consequences for global trade rules.
The discussions underscored the importance of collective security, regional cooperation, and the need for Indo-Pacific countries to adapt to the evolving geopolitical landscape under Trump's second term. Many other experts outlined policy recommendations to help regional economies and governments navigate these changes and the challenges that Trump’s current trajectory poses to international trade and global prosperity.
In his concluding remarks, Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh emphasized the critical need for a united global effort, stating, "We need to predict the future and not just wait for it. The solution to our concerns as a working group of leaders is to come up with a plan for a new world model. The current model is done. Let us think of a new order where we have fairness, justice and democracy for everybody to be subjected to the same rules.”
He went onto say, “If we produce such a model, we can offer it to the world and it will not be possible for the US not to be part of it if its concerns are addressed.”
Dr. Abu-Ghazaleh also mentioned his new book on developing a new fairer world order which will be published in the near future.
The webinar concluded with a call to Indo-Pacific countries to explore alternative economic partnerships and to strengthen regional security cooperation, to maintain stability in the face of rising US protectionism, and to encourage continued bilateral diplomacy among all nations.
