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Global Crises

We're burying the rules based order. But what's next?

Great power rivalry may actually make multilateral reform more rather than less likely. Here's how.

Trump Venezuela
Global Crises

Geo-kleptocracy and the rise of 'global mafia politics'

Expert Alex de Waal explains how the capture of Maduro, leaving his corrupt regime in place, is a 'crystalline example' of regime change in the new era

Two speeches and a US-Canada crackup at Davos
QiOSK

Two speeches and a US-Canada crackup at Davos

In their own way, Donald Trump and Mark Carney both heralded the end of the rules-based order

Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard
Europe

Europe whistles past the Venezuelan graveyard

Its tepid response to the US attack reinforces its weakness and undermines the case for defending Ukraine

Antonio Guterres and Ursula von der Leyen
Europe

UN Charter turns 80: Why do Europeans mock it so?

The EU's uneven response to violations in Ukraine and the Middle East exposes its fading moral authority on the global stage

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Europe

Pure Orwell: Europe condemns Iran for attacks on its own territory

In their hypocrisy over Israel, EU elites once again expose the rotting corpse of the so-called 'rules based order'