End of rules-based world order

Trump’s world order breakdown echoes the 1930s

Trump’s disruption of rules-based world order risks a 1930s-style global crisis unless middle powers coordinate to defend stability. Read more »
US-Canada trade

US-Canada trade enters an era of leverage and limits

US-Canada trade is shifting from trust to leverage with America testing the limits of coercion and Canada diversifying its trade. Read more »
Trump Board of Peace and Gaza conflict

Trump’s Board of Peace: Why the new body will lack credibility

Trump’s Board of Peace shifts mandate, centralises power, and monetises membership — raising serious questions about legitimacy. Read more »
Trump-Xi meeting in April

Trump-Xi meeting likely in April, but India’s worries remain

There is a temporary thaw in US-China relations ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, but India will have to balance its ties deftly with both powers. #US #China Read more »
decline of American hegemony

American hegemony is losing what once made it endure

Intervention in Venezuela and threats against Iran show how coercion, not consensus, is hollowing out the foundations of American hegemony. Read more »
Greenland autonomy under a cloud

Greenland autonomy and the American push into the Arctic

Greenland autonomy faces strain as America's Arctic strategy, NATO dynamics, and mineral interests collide. Read more »
Will US repeat a Venezuela in Iran?

Iran protests and the limits of the US Venezuela playbook

Iran protests revive talk of intervention, but the Venezuela experience shows why sanctions and strikes rarely produce political transition. Read more »
US raid of Venezuela

Regime change in Venezuela and the crisis of global order

Its neighbours have been largely silent or supportive of the US raid that captured Venezuela's Maduro, but the impact of that raid will be felt far beyond South America. Read more »
Europe's greenland dilemma

Europe’s Greenland dilemma as Trump threatens force

If the United States moves to take Greenland by force, Europe’s legal and military options shrink fast. Read more »
the new world order after trump

World order in flux: Testing US power and limits

Eroding rules will not lock in American supremacy; it will produce a more contested world order, with higher risks of conflict. Read more »