The crisis of multilateralism was present in the world system long before the US President Donald Trump took office, and before the advent of the pandemic. It has deep structural roots, and it coincides with the changing division of power in the industrialized world. But now, paradoxicaly, we need multilateralism more than ever – writes dr Bartlomiej Nowak in the comment The COVID-19 pandemic and the future of multilateralism.

This comment was created in cooperation with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Polen.