There is cautious optimism that ‘a majority of multilateralists’ may be able to enduringly reshape the world order There is cautious optimism that ‘a majority of multilateralists’ may be able to enduringly reshape the world order A ntonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazil’s ambassador to London, had no difficulty joining the dystopians describing the modern world in a recent speech, a world suffering from “global warming and environmental degradation, multiple conflicts, rising military budgets,