About Foresight
Foresight is a new international programme of investigation and debate structured around the challenge of forging common futures in a multi-polar world. The last decade has seen a major shift in the distribution of power away from the OECD towards other regions of the world. Foresight aims to ensure a smooth transition by encouraging better multilateral understanding and promoting a fairer and more functional international order. more »
Peter Mandelson, secretary of state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform and Joseph Nye, distinguished professor at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government took part in a public debate on "After the American election: the power to lead in a multi-polar world?" in London on 6 November 2008. more »
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Recent publications
Towards common futures
Russia's role in a multi-polar world
Russia's role in a multi-polar world: between change and stability
Elena JuradoNews
Web article: American power after the financial crisis
American leadership will remain crucial, but the US must mobilise international coalitions to address shared challenges, says Joseph Nye
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Web article: An inconvenient truth
More inclusive platforms for key stakeholders, both existing and emerging, are needed to manage global security relations, argues Jochen Prantl
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Web article: The end of US economic hegemony?
Despite the rise of China and India, the US is set to remain a first amongst equals - at least for now, suggests Paola Subacchi
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Web article: A zero-sum game?
Events in South Ossetia demonstrate that greater cooperation is required to prevent the escalation of conflicts between territorial integrity and self-determination, says Sumantra Bose
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Web article: Out of the Doha deadlock?
The collapse of Doha shows that the developing world will no longer accept a US-dominated trade regime, argues Biswajit Dhar
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