12| Z ACHARY P AIKIN , S HADA I SLAM AND S VEN B ISCOP C ONCLUSIONS While many would prefer Europe to keep walking in America’s large shadow, the EU is rather well positioned to adapt and adjust to the global transformations – and thrive in a multipolar world. As a collection of disparate, diverse and often squabbling states, the EU can deal with complexity and knows a thing or two about the art of compromise and negotiation. Multipolarity is here to stay and the strategic landscape is likely to get even more complicated. Getting ahead in such an environment will require the EU to move beyond the West-centric transatlantic frame and truly engage with developing countries. It means sharing Europe’s knowledge, experience and wisdom with partners – but not lecturing and hectoring them. In short, it means listening and learning, not moralising and finger-wagging. Many in the West may still prefer life in a unipolar setup, which may have never been fully unipolar in the first place. But the world is moving on. If the EU is serious about retaining its influence as a global actor, not merely a regional one, it must rethink its traditional way of doing business with the‘Global South’ and learn how to navigate an unpredictable and often fractious multipolar world autonomously. Copyright© is shared between the Partners and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES). The authors and publisher have made every effort to obtain permission for and acknowledge the use of copyrighted material. Please refer enquiries to the publisher. Views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. Commercial use of all media published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) is not permitted without the written consent of FES. Readers are encouraged to quote or reproduce material for their own publications, as long as they are not being sold commercially. As copyright holders, the Partners and FES request due acknowledgment and a copy of the publication.