Educating Youth for Global Complexity: Building Multilateral Competence
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It doesn't make sense to bemoan the erosion of international systems and lack of cross-cultural understanding, if the idea of multilateral cooperation is not presented with those who will need to shape these decisions tomorrow.
Writing for Qatar’s The Peninsula, InStrat’s Khristo Ayad reflects on the immense challenges today's younger generations will be left with in the near future, global warming, information crises, technological disruption, and more.
He highlights that addressing these global issues will require more than schooling and academic knowledge. It demands earlier experience and training in multilateral competence: the ability to collaborate across borders, understand different perspectives, and negotiate shared solutions.
