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International institutions, great power competition, international law and the forces shaping world order. Pieces here cover the United Nations, the international courts, multilateral diplomacy and the systemic pressures on the rules-based order — stories that belong to no single geography but implicate all of them.
Analysis
The Nuremberg Paradox
The Dossier
Eleven Books That Explain the World Watching the Iran War
The Ledger
Alliance by Coercion, Racket by Design
Essays
The Dignity Deficit: When Leaders Stopped Being Serious
Interviews
Platforms, Power, and the Politics of Control: A Conversation with John P. Wihbey
Books & Ideas
The Ungoverned Commons: Can Democracy Tame Social Media?
Analysis
The Great Rebalancing: How Multipolarity Is Transforming International Relations in 2025
Analysis
When Algorithms Go to War: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of International Conflict
Analysis
They Predicted AI Would Rationalize Diplomacy. It Made Everything Worse
Analysis
New Cold War in the Arctic: Military Buildup, Territorial Claims, and the Fight for the North
Books & Ideas
AI and Diplomacy: 3 Must Read Books for Understanding Artificial Intelligence's Impact on International Relations
Explainers
A Beginner's Guide to Political Realism for the 21st Century Reader
Books & Ideas
Myth of Perpetual Dominance: What 500 Years Teaches About Multipolarity
The Dossier
15 Timeless Books That Define International Relations and Geopolitics
Books & Ideas
Moral Courage of Limits: How Hans Morgenthau's Political Realism Reveals the Deepest Ethics of Power
Explainers
Cultural Diplomacy's Quiet Revolution: How Identity Politics Are Reshaping International Relations
Explainers
AI as Power: Can Diplomacy Keep Up With the Technology Race?
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