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…
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…
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’.…
A Conclusion: Informal actors and their current impact on the global order
Alan AlexandroffAlan Alexandroff is currently the Director of the Global Summitry Project and teaches at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, the University of Toronto. Dr. Alexandroff…
Disrupted Order: G20 Global Governance at a Time of Geopolitical Crisis
Yves TiberghienYves Tiberghien is Professor of Political Science and the Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research at the University of British Columbia. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia-Pacific Foundation…
Building A More Inclusive, People-Centered Multilateralism: The Role of Survey Research
Richard WikeRichard Wike is director of global attitudes research at Pew Research Center. He conducts research and writes about international public opinion on a variety of topics, such as America’s…
Governance Transition from G7 to G20 and to Asia and the Global South: Coping with US-China Relations in a Changing Global Summitry Context
Colin BradfordColin Bradford is a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution. He is a specialist in global governance and global summitry including research and…