Amid a tumultuous present, it isn’t easy to imagine a peaceful future and international solidarity across borders. We are at a moment in time when international norms that civil society has worked so hard to establish are being eroded. Big powers seem to be focused solely on pursuing their national interest. These thoughts were expressed by Mandeep Singh Tiwana, the newly appointed Secretary General of CIVICUS, a global alliance and the largest network of civil society activism worldwide. In our conversation three weeks ago, he didn’t shy away from pointing out that there is a real paucity of visionary leadership on the international stage. Big military powers have led us to disastrous consequences in the past.
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