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With the 2019 European Parliament elections, the world was holding its breath to see if far-right iconoclasts would storm to new heights in Brussels. While the center has held, the centrist left/right duopoly experienced significant losses, and the far-right made gains overall. This reconfiguration could energize policy debate—or contribute to gridlock—in Europe’s only directly-elected democratic arena.
With the 2019 European Parliament elections, the world was holding its breath to see if far-right iconoclasts would storm to new heights in Brussels. While the center has held, the centrist left/right duopoly experienced significant losses, and the far-right made gains overall. This reconfiguration could energize policy debate—or contribute to gridlock—in Europe’s only directly-elected democratic arena.
In a post–INF Treaty world, NATO can combine deterrence and arms control in different ways, but the trade-offs and difficulties in bridging the differences among allies will not be easy.
In a post–INF Treaty world, NATO can combine deterrence and arms control in different ways, but the trade-offs and difficulties in bridging the differences among allies will not be easy.
The hectic 2019 summit calendar offers little rest for world leaders, wicked and virtuous alike. It also affirms that ecological matters—that is, humanity’s relationship with the biosphere—are now front and center in world politics.
The hectic 2019 summit calendar offers little rest for world leaders, wicked and virtuous alike. It also affirms that ecological matters—that is, humanity’s relationship with the biosphere—are now front and center in world politics.
Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks sum up the outcomes of the G20 summit, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 to December 1.
Council of Councils global perspectives roundups gather opinions from experts on major international developments. In this edition, members of five leading global think tanks sum up the outcomes of the G20 summit, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 30 to December 1.
The geopolitical competition for influence among China and other powers appears to be heating up in the Pacific Island region. However, recent data from the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map finds that China’s aid pledges tend to be overstated. While the goal of the Pacific Aid Map is to make aid better in the region, it also helps to inject nuance into an intense public debate about aid.
The geopolitical competition for influence among China and other powers appears to be heating up in the Pacific Island region. However, recent data from the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Aid Map finds that China’s aid pledges tend to be overstated. While the goal of the Pacific Aid Map is to make aid better in the region, it also helps to inject nuance into an intense public debate about aid.
