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Indonesia at a discount
In a world portrayed as multipolar, Southeast Asia’s largest economy remains bound to the same unipolar logic of coercive…
ASEAN risks becoming window dressing in a BRICS expansion
Indonesia’s entry to the grouping highlights how smaller nations risk being sidelined by existing power hierarchies.
What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a…
Great powers rely on military, diplomatic and economic dominance. But in a multipolar world, power has been duluted.
Women born in East Germany have lived between two worlds. That’s why…
The stories of curator Kathleen Reinhardt and provenance expert Lynn Rother show how exclusion can be turned to powerful insight,…
End of equality and the century of political correctness
From Xi to Modi to Trump, a global shift reflects growing acceptance that not all nations – or ideologies – are equal.
BRICS in Rio: Bigger, yet emptier than ever
Despite its expansion, internal fractures and absent leaders undermined the group’s influence in Rio.
Putin’s potato politics exposes the new economics of conflict
Sanctions are biting in a taste of the global food security crisis that climate change will bring for world politics.
Two months in, what has Pope Leo XIV signalled as his foreign policy…
With influence its main power, the Holy See is seeking to exert a more global reach.
NATO’s 5% pledge and the quiet drift from the Indo-Pacific
Over the past five years, security ties between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific have grown closer. But we may be witnessing…
The shifting vectors of Australia–Europe collaboration
An increasingly unreliable America means states must make their own way.
Kashmir: The identity crisis at the heart of the three-way…
Rich resources and vital rivers make Kashmir a prize worth fighting for, but neither India, Pakistan nor China will give ground.
The role for ASEAN in Syria’s restoration
The quiet diplomacy model practised by the Southeast Asian grouping complements efforts by other powers and offers much to gain.
What year is it in China? Rethinking the timeline of a rising power
China’s international posture reflects not the confidence of a stable hegemon, but the impulses of a nationalist power in…
Taiwan’s Africa gambit
In a world where power is defined by networks rather than borders, Taipei’s quiet diplomacy is making headway.
Beijing’s green mirage: How China drives environmental…
Massive commodity imports drive deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia even as domestic policies win international praise.
No one’s world: The Global South is navigating a post-American order
Global influence no longer flows solely from dominant capitals – and power itself is changing shape.
Beyond Panama and Suez: The new trade routes in a bid to reshape…
Ambition is a long way from realisation, but geopolitical tensions and climate change might together challenge history.
Are we heading for another world war – or has it already started?
The rules-based world order is in retreat and violence is on the rise, forcing countries to rethink their relationships
What’s really on show with foreign leaders at the Victory Parade in…
Self-interest, for one thing. Multipolar unity may be another.
Disinformation and other forms of ‘sharp power’ now sit alongside the…
Projecting strength on the global stage doesn’t always require tanks and guns.
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