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Will Fostering Like-Mindedness Save the Rules-Based Global Order?
In 2021, the European Union published its Joint Communication on strengthening the EU’s contribution to rules-based multilateralism—its strategy to protect the global rules-based order...
Netanyahu Revives Israel’s Judicial Crisis With Supreme Court Challenge
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is threatening to challenge a Supreme Court order regarding a media regulator, reigniting a judicial dispute that arose before...
Why Adversaries Don’t Need to Win a War to Weaken America
As America marks its 250th birthday this summer, the celebrations come amid growing public skepticism about the health of American democracy. In the spring...
The (domestic) problem with Armenia’s recent elections
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has been re-elected to another term after being victorious in his country’s 7 June elections. His re-election is a...
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Reaches Final Phase Without First Trust
Ethiopia’s National Dialogue Commission has announced that the national conference will begin in Addis Ababa on July 15, 2026. In ordinary diplomatic language, this...
Getting the Story Right: A Response on the Detention of Min Zin
On June 3, 2026, an American scholar of Myanmar was detained at Kunming Airport. Nine days later, China's Foreign Ministry confirmed he was under...
Small Gold Miners Could Decide Peru’s Presidential Runoff
The outcome of Peru's presidential election could significantly depend on the votes of small gold miners. These miners operate under the REINFO program, initiated...
AI Cities and the Global South’s Surveillance Trap
For most of history, the state was powerful but partly blind. AI cities may end that blindness, creating a new political temptation: not the...
Press Freedom Crisis Deepens Across South Asia as Media Credibility Faces Growing Scrutiny
Across South Asia, concerns over press freedom, political influence, and media credibility are drawing increasing international scrutiny. From Bangladesh and Pakistan to India, journalists...
Silence as Policy: The Security Council’s Failing in Myanmar
After the sudden military coup in 2021 dismantled and overthrew Myanmar’s new democratic government, the country has been controlled by a military junta led...