Multilateralism matters. As a growing number of issues become increasingly global, international cooperation is simply a must. Nonetheless, the multilateral system established at the end of World War II, with ...
It’s the season for summitry. For world leaders, this time of year involves deciding whether or not to attend the United Nations General Assembly, the Conference of the Parties (COP) ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at expanding Chinese influence on the world stage, Belgium pledging to recognize Palestinian statehood, and alleged Russian interference with a European Commission ...
In Geneva earlier this month, the world tried for a sixth time to negotiate a plastics treaty, and for a sixth time, it failed. Without a binding international framework, the ...
The United Nations is in crisis. Secretary-General António Guterres has mandated 20 percent across-the-board spending cuts, amounting to more than $700 million. The proximate cause of the pinch is the ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where John has had an eventful week reacquainting himself with the United Nations HQ’s maze of hallways and stairwells ahead of the U.N. ...
As the era of U.S. primacy comes to an end, academics and policymakers have quite naturally been debating what comes next. Will the emergence of a multipolar world prove inherently ...
In recent years, the Western public discussion has been full of laments over the collapse of the so-called rules-based international order established in the aftermath of World War II. Some ...
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where at least one of your co-authors is spending the long July 4 holiday weekend at the beach in Delaware. (No sighting thus ...
Fifty years ago, West African leaders gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, to establish the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the continent’s first post-independence regional bloc. Today, it stands as ...
