30 October 2024
Multilateral Matters – October 2024
THE ROLE OF SMALL STATES IN RETHINKING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
The United Nations held its Summit of the Future on 22-23 September 2024, an event that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared would “bring multilateralism back from the brink”. As the international community rethinks global governance, how can small states like Singapore constructively contribute to ensure they don’t get left behind?
Featured Commentary
Digital Competition Policy: Can ASEAN Learn from the EU? by Jose Miguelito Enriquez
This issue features a commentary by Associate Research Fellow Miguel Enriquez on digital competition policy, a contentious area of global digital regulation. This has been fuelled in part by the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which has received pushback from major tech firms who claim that its restrictions could stifle innovation. Despite these views, Mr Enriquez argues that there are incentives in enabling competition in ASEAN’s digital economy which would benefit startups and consumers alike.
CMS Events and Outreach
- On 18 July, representatives of various thinktanks met with H.E. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th UN General Assembly, at a roundtable hosted by RSIS. Among the topics discussed was the UN Summit of the Future’s role in shaping the future of multilateralism.
- On 26 August, CMS hosted a seminar entitled Small States and the Evolving International Order featuring Asst Prof Patrick Quinton-Brown of the Singapore Management University and Asst Prof Dylan Loh of Nanyang Technological University. They shared their insights on how small states were able to contribute in shaping the current rules-based international order, challenging the prevailing notion that small states are mere “rule-takers” in global governance.
- On 19 September, Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit and Dr Joel Ng, Head and Deputy Head of CMS, headed to the UN Headquarters in New York to launch a report entitled “Small States and the Multilateral System: Transforming Global Governance for a Better Future” which they co-authored with Dr Adam Lupel of the International Peace Institute.
THE ROLE OF SMALL STATES IN RETHINKING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
The United Nations held its Summit of the Future on 22-23 September 2024, an event that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared would “bring multilateralism back from the brink”. As the international community rethinks global governance, how can small states like Singapore constructively contribute to ensure they don’t get left behind?
Featured Commentary
Digital Competition Policy: Can ASEAN Learn from the EU? by Jose Miguelito Enriquez
This issue features a commentary by Associate Research Fellow Miguel Enriquez on digital competition policy, a contentious area of global digital regulation. This has been fuelled in part by the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which has received pushback from major tech firms who claim that its restrictions could stifle innovation. Despite these views, Mr Enriquez argues that there are incentives in enabling competition in ASEAN’s digital economy which would benefit startups and consumers alike.
CMS Events and Outreach
- On 18 July, representatives of various thinktanks met with H.E. Dennis Francis, President of the 78th UN General Assembly, at a roundtable hosted by RSIS. Among the topics discussed was the UN Summit of the Future’s role in shaping the future of multilateralism.
- On 26 August, CMS hosted a seminar entitled Small States and the Evolving International Order featuring Asst Prof Patrick Quinton-Brown of the Singapore Management University and Asst Prof Dylan Loh of Nanyang Technological University. They shared their insights on how small states were able to contribute in shaping the current rules-based international order, challenging the prevailing notion that small states are mere “rule-takers” in global governance.
- On 19 September, Dr Kaewkamol Pitakdumrongkit and Dr Joel Ng, Head and Deputy Head of CMS, headed to the UN Headquarters in New York to launch a report entitled “Small States and the Multilateral System: Transforming Global Governance for a Better Future” which they co-authored with Dr Adam Lupel of the International Peace Institute.
