World leaders attending the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Marrakesh this week have some difficult decisions to make. For starters, numerous developing economies—including Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, …
As the curtains fell on the UN’s annual high-level meetings last week, the world was left with an unsettling message: the international order is crumbling, and no one can agree on what comes next. The …
Russian President Vladimir Putin had obvious reasons for hosting North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un at Vostochny, Russia’s new spaceport in eastern Siberia, this month. Owing to his illegal war of aggression in Ukraine, Putin is …
The first debate between the Republican Party’s candidates for next year’s US presidential election revealed major schisms over foreign policy. While former US Vice President Mike Pence and former US ambassador to the United Nations …
The announcement last week by the BRICS grouping (comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) that invitations had been extended to Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates made for …
