I’ll start by returning to a subject I broached in this earlier Substack Post, Finding Success for the BRICS+, where I raised

Please find this podcast ‘Summit Dialogue’ S3, Ep 2 with Mihaela Papa here at the Global Summitry Project – Summit Dialogue Season

It has been labelled, ‘the crisis of multilateralism’ particularly as it targeted the UN and some of its specialized agencies, like the

So the BRICS+ wrapped up earlier in the week. And it’s fair to ask – so what? But before we get to

So the summits just seem to keep rolling along. Unlike the most recent summits, the G7 and NATO, the more immediate ones

In Brief The G7 summit — hosted by Canada — was another test in managing the US withdrawal from the multilateral rules-based

So the ‘24 hour’ summit parade – or should I say the Trump performance spectacle – continues. We saw his 24 hour

https://eastasiaforum.org/2025/06/22/trumps-disruption-in-canada-leaves-the-g7-at-a-crossroads/ “In Brief President Trump’s early departure from the G7 Summit in Kananaskis disrupted Canada’s hosting efforts and exposed fractures within the

In a world of continuing geopolitical tensions, myself and colleagues from CWD have been determined to probe into the role(s) of Middle

We’ve been raising over recent Posts, well at least one, the evident diminishing of multilateralism in today’s global order – with consequences

It would be hard to make this stuff up. When I was deep into trade policy issues in the late 80s and

While you will see that the main focus of this Substack is on multilateralism, and its current failure, I couldn’t let Trump’s