0 a situation in which several different countries or organizations work together to achieve something or deal with a problem:
The report's conclusion stresses the importance of multilateralism.
In a nutshell, we arrive at a paradox of multilateralism.
The word multilateralism headed the original conference title but did not make it onto the book cover.
Regionalism is thus presented as the standard case in global economic integration between the two extremes of unilateral liberalization and complete multilateralism.
The need for multilateralism actually rests upon a dispersal of sanctioning power, which leaves single countries powerless.
Some readers will also be troubled by the emphasis on bilateralism over multilateralism.
There is another argument why multilateralism can foster regionalism, in the sense that regionalism emerges precisely from progress in multilateralism.
In particular, the strong emphasis on solidarity with its allies was consistent with the norms of multilateralism.
Thus, multilateralism and regionalist policies evolve in tandem.
