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The 69th UN Commission on the Status of Women takes place at time when anti-rights groups are rolling back human rights around the world. What does it mean for gender equality and…
Gregory T. Chin explores why Bhutan is uniquely qualified to lead the G-ZERO. There is a new G-ZERO on the global stage.  In a world struggling with the harsh effects of…
Nicholas Ross Smith and Tracey Fallon argue that Donald Trump and JD Vance represent American wolf warriors and, like in China where the wolf warrior diplomacy phenomenon…
Afa’anwi Che argues that, despite U.S. criticisms, Beijing remains a resilient and trusted partner for African states. American transactionalism under Trump potentially generates…
Jakob Vestergaard and Robert H. Wade argue that dealmaker-in-chief may derive considerable satisfaction in breaking deadlocks that have prevailed in the Bank for decades. Just…
Frederik Stender and Tim Vogel argue that its time to turn “open strategic autonomy” into more than just a hollow slogan. Donald Trump is back on the global stage, and with…
Aditi Mukund and Joel Sandhu argue that delays in deepening cooperation between India and Germany will weaken long-term economic and security prospects, and miss…
Daniel Clausen worries that a reliance on historical analogies for contemporary policy discourse invites shallow and uncritical commentary. Our discourse…
Erased:  A History of International Thought Without Men, by Patricia Owens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025. 432 pp., £30 hardcover 9780691266442, e-book…
This is the last post in a three-part series on the future of the IMF (read the first here and the second here). The final part of this three-part series outlines…