Geopolitical changes that are underway threaten international law and the multilateral architecture on which global development was based after World War II, believes former Montenegrin President Milo Đukanović.
At the Global Baku Forum organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, he said that the bigger surprises, "unfortunately unpleasant ones," are coming from the Western political hemisphere.
"In the Euro-Atlantic space, we are witnessing an escalation of political disorder, threatening violence as a method of resolving growing contradictions. It is as if every day we agree more and more that the problem lies in democracy," said Đukanović.
As posted on his Facebook page, he said that there are more and more leaders in the democratic world who find their role model in authoritarian models of governance, justifying it with efficiency.
"It's as if we're all looking for a new sheriff in town. We must resist that illusion and be persistent in defending our values, on which we have built our successes for 80 years," said Đukanović at the "Path to Peace" panel.
The panel also included former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarović and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
It is added that the panel also included former President of the United Nations General Assembly and former European Union Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other regional issues, Miroslav Lajčák, and former United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Philip Lader.
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