In the changing global landscape, the United States needs to recognize conclusion of hegemony, said former Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Grzegorz Kolodko at the Global South Think Tanks Forum on Wednesday in Beijing.
Organized by the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and China Media Group (CMG), China's state broadcaster, the forum attracted political figures, government representatives, analysts, scholars and journalists from 76 countries and regions worldwide.
During the event, Kolodko said that the Global South countries are collaborating with increased impact, while the diminishing influence of traditional power structures like the G7 underscores a lesson learned by the West.
"China will never accept, and I don't accept either, the hegemony of the United States. The United States has to understand that it is the end of hegemony, and it is the beginning or continuation of the multi-polar world. Second, we still have the G7, and then the West has learned a lesson that the G7 is not as powerful as it used to be 20 or 50 years ago. So, we have established with the people of the world what is called the G24, where we have G7 and many (other) countries which belong to the so-called Global South," he said.
At the forum, 40 think tanks from Global South countries jointly released an initiative, reaching a broad consensus on enhancing development cooperation, promoting fairness and justice, and collaborating to build a global community for peace, security, prosperity, and progress for all.
US must recognize end of hegemony, dawn of multipolar world: Polish ex-deputy PM
