Even countries with similar values and goals can end up in conflict with each other due to forces they cannot fully control.

But Rodrik also believes there can be no return to the pre-Trump global system, which relied on one-size-fits-all trade rules enforced by transnational agencies such as the World Trade Organization.

Nations are, as the Anglo-Irish historian Benedict Anderson put it, “imagined communities”; they only exist because we ...

Trump’s decision to skip a big Asian economic meeting risks worsening America’s reputation at a forum that represents nearly ...

In places like Uzbekistan, policymakers have doubled down on economic liberalization and internationalization despite Western narratives of global conflict and economic decoupling.

China now holds 42 percent of global 5G standard-essential patents, and by September 2025 it is expected to operate more than ...

The latest session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which concluded last week, offers a glimmer of hope in what are dark times for human rights around the world. Amidst talk of the erosion ...

Arab and Muslim national leaders are pushing Hamas to accept the Gaza plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week, saying the need to end the fighting surpasses concern about the finer ...

On the brink of a potentially devastating government shutdown, Trump spent his day with Pete Hegseth haranguing generals at a summit that should’ve been an e-mail. President Donald Trump speaks to ...

In advance of the October 2025 Security Council Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security, this open letter was sent by the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security to UN Member States on behalf ...