Confronting the long crisis of the Multilateral Order

In her address to the IIEA, Susana Malcorra discusses the crisis facing the multilateral order. She argues that the crisis threatens to undermine international peace and security, the liberal basis of the post-Cold War multilateral system, and efforts to address serious issues like globalisation and the provision of global public goods.

About the Speaker
Susana Malcorra became the Dean of the IE School of Public and Global Affairs in March 2020. She was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Argentina from December 2015 to July 2017. She previously served as the Chairperson of the WTO Ministerial Conference, Chief Operating Officer of the World Food Programme (WFP) and Under-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support. In April 2012, Ms. Malcorra was appointed Chief of Staff to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon. She is a member of the Democracy Cluster at the School of Transnational Governance in the EUI in Florence. She graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Rosario and has 25 years of professional experience in the private sector (IBM and Telecom Argentina) in addition to her distinguished career in the national and multilateral arenas.