Global Circles Digest | Is there a future for international law?

Global Circles Digest – a synthesis of the dialogue based on facilitator observation reports, reflecting on converging and diverging views and emotions expressed during the exchanges. The digests don’t make attributions to participants to preserve the private and safe nature of our dialogue spaces.

The September 2026 Global Circles round topic was “Is there a future for international law?”

• Is that good or bad? What are the risks if international law collapses? 

• Can we count on powerful countries to maintain the World order?

• What can be the role of less powerful countries?