The Italian leader has positioned Italy as a geopolitical hinge between competing power centers. The Middle East has just given that strategy a new environment.
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Russia is losing on the battlefield – and on the global stage, as the US and China distance themselves from the war.
The global south is clearly becoming more relevant in today’s power politics. Just how these nations choose to exert their influence remains to be seen.
Wars that define eras are remembered not just for how they are fought, but for what follows. For Canada, the end of the Iran war will be a chance to lead with clarity, consistency and purpose.
Even before Trump’s return to power, Australia has been building stronger mini-groupings and bilateral ties in the region.
Addressing the federal parliament, Carney once again pressed his now familiar argument for middle power activism as the old world order disintegrated.
U.S. withdrawal from transnational environmental agreements presents other countries in the Americas with the opportunity to chart a new course.
The new agreement will affect the lives of 2 billion people across economies representing about a quarter of global GDP.
The Canadian leader’s powerful speech has garnered headlines for his admission that the rules-based international order has been ruptured.
Backed by the US, Australia has been increasingly asserting its power in the Indo-Pacific region. Has this strategy served it well?
Canada is conspicuously absent from the new security pact signed between the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on China. Is it time for Canada to take a page from the Australian playbook on managing China?
Indonesia needs to consider long-term engagement to produce deeper and more sustainable impacts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government seems helpless and confused on how to manage the tensions between the United States and China after being caught in the conflict’s crosshairs.
Australia and Indonesia should collaborate to address challenges in the South China Sea and help de-escalate great power tensions.
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