Many anticipated, and or feared, the flood of Executive Orders from the second Trump White House these past weeks. The barrage of
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The Trump Weakening of America and Multilateralism
Well, I guess we shouldn’t have been surprised. But since I’ve never spent time listening to Trump speeches – I thought I
Struggling with Global Leadership
So, with the last several Posts here at Alan’s Newsletter, I have been transitioning – altering my mindset, and bidding farewell to
Well, hello, we’re back! I do hope the holidays proved to be a warm time and filled with family and friends. Now,
“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,
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.
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
“EASTASIAFORUM”
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend – Enjoy! “All evidence suggested that Brazil’s G20 Summit was going to bean exceptionally difficult summit for the United
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
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 –
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
Journal published Article : Director, Global Summitry Project, teaches at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto