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The 4x4 Directors Forum is an annual meeting gathering the directors of four European and four African Think Tanks to discuss current challenges that both continents are facing. The purpose is to identify common positions and asymmetries, and address possible areas of cooperation in order to build solid bridges between the African and European continent.
By invitation only
Think Tank Members :
Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI)
French Institute of International Relations (Ifri)
Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS)
Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI)
Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
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Europe in turbulence: navigating a new world order without the United States?
The foundations of the post-1945 international order, long anchored by U.S. leadership, are shifting. Amid intensifying geopolitical rivalry, democratic backsliding, and strategic fatigue in Washington, the question arises: what if the United States no longer plays its pivotal role in international security? Simultaneously, the Global South is asserting new political and economic agency, complicating the old binaries of West vs. Rest. For Europe, this landscape is both a challenge and an inflection point.