Yearly Archives: 2025

So this week’s Post will be a wee bit truncated. Why you ask? Well, I am with many other political science and international relations colleagues in Vancouver for the APSA…

It was a confusing past couple of weeks if you were trying to understand the ‘emerging’ global order. Maybe the confusion was best captured by colleague Daniel W Drezner at…

Well, it is kinda the end of the summer - now that we have the Labor Day weekend upon us. Wow! It seemed reasonable to try to assess where we…

I ended a recent Post - “Can we foresee Middle Power Action in a World of Geopolitical Tensions?” indicating I wanted to examine further Middle Powers (MP) and Middle Power…

I ended my last Post - “Can we foresee Middle Power Action in a World of Geopolitical Tensions?” indicating I wanted to examine further Middle Powers (MP) and Middle Power…

So we’ve been struggling to understand the current roles, and possible future roles of Middle Powers (MP). Context is important especially in the context of today’s global disorder that sees:…

So President Trump and his minions were extremely active this past week. The President, as Bully in Chief, and his people are still going strong, especially when it comes to…

I’ll start by returning to a subject I broached in this earlier Substack Post, Finding Success for the BRICS+, where I raised questions over the impact at the conclusion of…

Please find this podcast ‘Summit Dialogue’ S3, Ep 2 with Mihaela Papa here at the Global Summitry Project - https://globalsummitryproject.com/podcast/summit-dialogue-season-3-ep-2-an-interview-with-mihaela-papa-on-the-impact-and-influence-of-the-enlarged-brics-summit-in-brazil-and-its-impact-on-global-order-relations/ Alan’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts…

It has been labelled, ‘the crisis of multilateralism’ particularly as it targeted the UN and some of its specialized agencies, like the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations…