Global Conference on Multipolarity -Invitation letter
MIRDear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to invite you to the Global Multipolarity Conference organised jointly by Nova Resistência (Brazil), the New International Order Initiative (Turkey), the International Eurasian Movement (Russia), the Thinkers' Forum (China) and the International Russophile Movement (MIR).
The conference will take place on 29 April in an online format by pre-registration. Here is the link for registration:
https://forms.yandex.com/u/642c30af84227c0c6c68f70e/.
Further information on registration, programme, format of speeches can be found in the fact sheet at the end of this letter.
The main topics to be discussed at the conference are:
1. Theoretical and practical aspects of deconstructing unipolarity.
2. Multipolarity and perspectives of the Global South.
3. The struggle against neo-colonialism in a multipolar world.
4. Ideological alternatives to totalitarian liberalism.
5. Economic aspects of multipolarity.
6. Dialogue of civilisations and cultural foundations of multipolarity
Please confirm your participation by writing back as soon as possible. We look forward to your presence at the conference!
Fact sheet: Global Conference on Multipolarity
In order launch discussions on multipolarity on a global scale, an initiative was launched by collectives of intellectuals from Latin America (Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua, Colombia, Argentina, etc.) to hold a Global Online Congress. It was enthusiastically embraced by bright intellectuals from Europe, Russia, China, India, the Islamic world, the United States, Africa and Asia.
Multipolarity is not simply fidelity to the Westphalian system based on the recognition of national sovereignty. Many modern nation-states are but legacy of the tragic colonial era or an instrument for the promotion of their interests by the major world powers. Therefore, multipolarity is possible only as a balance of "big spaces," continental states that unite different peoples and political entities on the basis of belonging to a particular civilization - Chinese, Russian, Islamic, Indian, Western European, Latin American, African, etc
Thus, we are inviting participants to the conference as representatives of various civilizations and cultures that represent the diversity of the world. Our common goal is to imagine this coming, new and better world order, to propose its outlines, to formulate its ideological principles - beyond the obsessive Western ideologies of Modernity (such as liberalism, nationalism, etc.).
Organisational matters:
Registration:
The event will take place on 29 April in an online format. To participate - you need to register via the link https://forms.yandex.com/u/642c30af84227c0c6c68f70e and inform in a return email of your wish to speak.
Speaking time:
No need to be at your PC screen for 24 hours. One week before the event we will send you a link to participate in the web conference and the programme. This will include your speaking time. Due to the large number of speakers (so far over 64 from over 50 countries on all continents), the organisers will put together a speaking plan by that time. It will be arranged on a regional basis so that participants residing in the same time zone can take the floor at a time convenient for them.
If you do not have the opportunity to speak on-line, you can record a video of your presentation in advance and send it to us.
Speech format:
Participants are invited to give a speech of up to 7-10 minutes. It is symbolic that all speakers will first speak in their own language and then shift to one of the six UN languages: Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, French or English.
The content must be in line with the stated theme of the conference: the future of a multipolar world.
At the end of the Conference, all speeches will be transcribed and published on the organizers' resources.