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Many in the West may still prefer life in a unipolar set-up but there is really no option: If the EU is serious about becoming a global actor, not merely a regional one, it must embrace the future

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Don't worry, be happy: EU can thrive in a multipolar world

Oh, the angst and the handwringing as the 'West' finally discovers that it's a topsy turvy, unpredictable multi-polar world — and that it's time to stop giving orders and start courting the 'rest'.

For some in Washington and in EU capitals, just saying Global South was verboten until only a year ago.

That's when the Global South's mostly hands-off response to Russia's aggression

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The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s, not those of EUobserver

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Shada Islam is an independent EU analyst and commentator who runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project.

Many in the West may still prefer life in a unipolar set-up but there is really no option: If the EU is serious about becoming a global actor, not merely a regional one, it must embrace the future

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Shada Islam is an independent EU analyst and commentator who runs her own strategy and advisory company New Horizons Project.

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