Remarks by Amb. Ebrahim Rasool

Extract

There must be recognition of the centrality of the United States to the shaping of a global order. Even those who have the most antipathy toward the United States recognize the consequence of the United States, particularly under the Trump administration. The United States presided over a world that was essentially in equilibrium since World War II. By the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States became a unipolar power. Over the last thirty years the international community has witnessed the decline in U.S. hegemony and influence over the world. There needs to be an understanding of whether this pandemic is a moment to return to business as usual or whether this is a moment of rapture that could lead to something completely different.