Shaukat Aziz

The World in Turmoil

David Miliband, Vicente Fox, Shaukat Aziz, Matthew Spence

Speakers analyze the paradox of declining state-on-state warfare amid a record 52 million displaced persons driven by non-state actors exploiting governance vacuums and economic deprivation. Western military strategies, including over 3,500 coalition airstrikes, have halted ISIS territorial expansion but failed to eliminate the threat without ground operations or effective post-conflict state-building. Looking forward, experts warn that failure to integrate rising powers like China, reinvent the United Nations, and address the demographic and ideological grievances of the Middle East's youth will likely fuel further global instability.