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Munich summit questions 'Westlessness'

Fears of a divided West challenged by China are a challenge and opportunity for multilateralism to show its worth, a three-day summit in Munich concluded.

A news conference at the 2020 Munich Security Conference
A news conference at the 2020 Munich Security Conference (AN/MSC/Hentschel)

Fears of a divided West challenged by China present a challenge and opportunity for multilateral institutions to show their importance, the world's diplomats concluded at a three-day summit in Munich that ended on Sunday.

The theme of this year's Munich Security Conference, a Davos-like elite gathering for diplomats to debate international security policy, was "Westlessness," a term meant to connote the risks and uncertainty of a new world potentially dominated by China rather than traditional Western powers.

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