America, heal thyself

If the US is to resume its role as in the liberal international order, it needs to overcome the domestic divisions

By Ana Palacio

The global reaction to the US elections

Trump is out, Biden is in — so how are friends and foes reacting? Dispatches from China, Russia, Great Britain and Brazil

Is Down Under on top of its China policy?

Europe is rethinking its economic and political relationship with China. What it can learn from the Australian experience

By James Laurenceson

The rise of regionalism

With an international order under pressure, regional diplomacy is offering a chance to pursue mutually beneficial cooperation

By Michael J. Oghia

Deglobalisation could be an opportunity for EU-Africa cooperation

As the pandemic reinforces a trend towards regional production, the EU and Africa should advance a new social contract

By Manfred Öhm and Henrik Maihack

How Turkey challenges Russia in the Caucasus

If Moscow has recently been punching above its real diplomatic and military weight, Ankara now poses a serious challenge

By Jaba Devdariani

Why the EU-Mercosur trade deal needs to be put on ice

A trade deal with Mercosur is important for the EU, but not at any price. Currently, it would be a fig leaf for Bolsonaro's recklessness

By Yasmin Fahimi

The politics of currencies

The neoliberal model of economic governance is in open dissolution. One of the main fault-lines is the politics of money

By Adam Tooze

Debt relief? Thanks, but no thanks!

Developing countries have been hit particularly hard by the effects of the pandemic. So why have some rejected debt relief?

By Jürgen Kaiser and Elise Kopper