“What Can We Expect?”: In the First Instance
Now you might think, with that title, that I’d be delving into Trump 2.0. Well, not exactly in the first instance. Instead, I am trying to focus on the end…
A Start on Middle Powers and Their Diplomacy
It is kinda like wading into a well-developed cornfield; no, maybe it's more like a cornfield with some incendiary devices strewn throughout. Anyway, this fall the China-West Dialogue (CWD) has…
Focusing on the Future – Where are we on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and some other things?
Now I’m not in New York City; at least not at the moment. And I am not particularly plugged in to UN sources or other related IOs. However, it seems…
“EASTASIAFORUM”
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend - Enjoy! "All evidence suggested that Brazil’s G20 Summit was going to bean exceptionally difficult summit for the United States and its departing President Joe Biden —…
The New Global Leadership, perhaps
So there is a lot of spinning now that it is clear - he’s coming back. And as we look out on the global order the current international system appears…
The Impact of Trump 2.0
They were obvious moves by Trump, I suspect. Nevertheless, some of the choices by Trump for his senior appointments were startling - and what one might otherwise describe as ‘dismaying’.…
In a Trump World, ‘Widening the Who’ in the Global Order
Now we are out a bit early. But that’s not surprising because of the US national elections on Tuesday night. So a few thoughts on that and then a redirection…