Have we been inadvertently supporting multipolarity in the building of trust?

Some UK politicians become a poster child for its global institutions. Politicians have attempted to discount the risk of AIIB[1] and IOMed[2] to the Rules-Based International Order by framing these institutions in the language of multipolarity and multilateralism. However, these institutions are not truly multilateral, as by design they imply and facilitate Chinese, meaning the CCP, leadership.

And how should we build resilient networks? Labour policy makers seems keen on warming up with China. Yet, our European partners are beginning to grasp discount the ambition, depth and scale of malign influence in the CCP's whole-of-society approach to defeat the Rules-Based International Order. Why are we living our friends behind? How will this affect strategic resilience?

We discuss these questions ahead of Policy Motion F34.

Fringe at Bayview Suite 1 @ LDconf 2025