PERSPECTIVE GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER THE MULTILATERAL MOMENT Democracies Need to Move Fast With the election of Joe Biden, the U.S. and Europe now have an opportunity to drive a new and forward-leaning multilat­eral agenda. But the window to act may only last four years. Leaders and legislators have no time to waste. Trump’s combination of ag­gressive anti-multilateralism and his abdication of the American President’s tradi­tional, self-appointed role as »leader of the free world« has revealed just how fragile and outdated the existing interna­tional infrastructure truly is. James Lamond and Max Bergmann March 2021 A realistic strategy that could be implemented in the imme­diate term consists of four pil­lars: strengthening the Europe Union foreign and defense ca­pabilities; committing to de­mocracy as an organizing force among nations; dedicat­ing resources to multilateral institutions; and thinking cre­atively to address new, fast moving challenges.