Few now believe Beijing will be a passive rule-taker. Already it is becoming more assertive in challenging the existing regime.
Presidency of the BRICS will allow Moscow to position itself as a participant of an association that offers an alternative to the global world order, and the grouping’s summit in Ufa will give the Russian government an opportunity to present the country as a leader of the non-Western world.
Is it time to think of China less as a trading partner and more as a threat?
There is sobering news for the EU in two new polls from Georgia and Moldova, showing that public support for the European project is faltering.
The global order is going through a transition as the world’s center of gravity increasingly shifts toward Asia.
Syria, after Assad, will need a governing model that guarantees equitable political inclusion for all citizens regardless of their sectarian affiliation.
Every week, a selection of leading experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.
The United States must make clear that it is prepared to continue Arctic cooperation and welcomes constructive Russian activity in the region.
The world’s center of gravity is shifting from Europe to East Asia, and the international system appears to be moving toward a bipolar dynamic involving China and the United States.
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde discusses the global economy’s “new mediocre”—and why women are better leaders than men.