Barack Obama was asked to give the Mandela Lecture because he represents what the global liberation struggle icon stood for. He struck the right chord.
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From awkwardness and confusion to rancour, Trump certainly left his mark on the 2018 NATO summit.
Trump’s assault on the global trade system could be just a prelude to his next moves.
While not exactly surprising coming from the Trump administration, backing out of a major UN body is bound to have serious consequences.
Seven world leaders with axes to grind are preparing to sit round one table. Sparks will fly.
As the UK and US retreat from the global scene, Germany is ready to step up to preserve the liberal international order and is seeking a seat on the UN Security Council.
It’s the end of the world (order) as we know it.
A treaty Australia has just signed will amend existing tax treaties to limit international tax avoidance.
Some experts say it’s better for the US to leave the Paris Agreement than white-ant it from within. But that ignores the damage that a US withdrawal would do to the fabric of global multilateralism.
Trump’s agenda to pull America from key global alliances is more evidence that suggests it is. A law professor probes the unknown of what a world without such cooperation might look like.
Trade under Trump will mean more bilateral agreements, hard bargaining and ultimatums, a sharp departure from Obama’s multilateral, win-win approach.
It seems in the current global turbulence multilateral trade deals are dead, long live bilateral agreements.
Like the League of Nations before it, the UN is often dismissed as a powerless talking shop or a proxy for the great powers. It’s much more than that.
The multilateral system is under challenge from a surge of bilateral and regional trade deals.
As the African Development Bank Group changes leadership, Africa’s multilateral financier must chart a new course, including raising the contribution and voice of Africans in the institution.
Top contributors
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Lecturer of international trade law, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Research Fellow at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University
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Professor (International Relations), University of Johannesburg
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Executive director, Africa Institute of South Africa, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of International Relations, European University Institute
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Assistant Professor in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Birmingham
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Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
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Visiting Professor of Tax Law, New York University, and Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Professor of Comparative Organised Crime and Corruption, University of Bath
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Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Assistant Professor, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra