The first proposal of multilateralism

The word "multilateralism" can be traced back to 1928.

Multilateralism did not appear in ancient times, mainly due to the lack of sovereignty, the lack of cooperation norms and the dominance of big countries.

Judging from the basic conditions for the emergence and development of multilateralism, jean bodin's sovereignty theory determines the subject of multilateralism, hugo grotius's international law thought provides an ideological basis for multilateral mechanisms to restrain state behavior, and Locke's individualism thought has become a hotbed of new multilateralism.