Ditchley Director James Arroyo is interviewed on Forum Radio

Ditchley Director James Arroyo talks to Forum Radio about his path to leading Ditchley, the value of community in tackling complex problems, the role of technology in shaping world events, the current shift in global alliances, and why Ditchley is more relevant than ever in the modern world.

"I think one of the things that's going to evolve is going to be an alliance...what do we build together? What supply chains do we have together? [Rather than] about what do we do diplomatically. You can think in some ways of the good old days, the unipolar moment, where it looked like serious questions were going to be settled in the UN. Then, it was important to coordinate between powers as to who would vote for this resolution, the drafting of this, who could find compromise. And that wasn't wrong, because it really was influential. But if very few things are being decided in that kind of forum, and instead things are being decided more combatively, then it changes the terms of trade. I think how are we relevant in Europe to the counterpower that America is now trying to build towards China is going to be really important."

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You can listen to the interview here.