Member Articles

The history of international agreements is littered with examples of unfulfilled promises. As more international forums focus on the climate crisis and related issues, are their mechanisms to ensure commitments are translated into action?

In mid-November, the third United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee met to advance the development of a potential plastics pollution treaty. However, can plastics pollution be addressed within the framework of sustainable development?

The deepening strategic rivalry between the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific threatens the European Union’s rules-based multilateralism. How should the EU respond to promote and preserve a multipolar space in the Indo-Pacific?

As countries seek to reach net-zero emissions, the global energy and supply landscape is set to be reshaped. Informed by rising geopolitical tensions, countries are re-evaluating industrial policies and approaches to energy transition geoeconomics.

The EU faces the complex challenge of dealing with China as both a negotiating partner, economic adversary, and systemic competitor. This details how that complexity could be navigated.

This argues that the European Commission’s suggestion to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova and grant Georgia candidacy is evidence that Russia is actually the main instigator of NATO and European Union enlargement.

Implementing the new EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence presents major challenges and opportunities for Italy. This lays out how Italy will be able to ensure the strategy is in line with its national ambitions.

The Hamas attack on Israel solidifies that as long as Hamas is a factor, no positive development can happen in the Middle East. This piece envisions what could be the end game of Israeli’s next steps.

This examines how the Hamas attacks came about, what they were hoping to gain from it, and what it will mean for not just Israeli-Palestinian relations but also for the broader Middle East region.

This article discusses the implications of BRICS’ expansion for global energy policy. It argues that given BRCIS+’s natural resource wealth, the bloc could play an integral role in climate policy grounded in the Johannesburg II Declaration’s principles.