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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.

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Evolution of Diplomacy: From Westphalia to the Digital Age

Modern diplomacy was born in 1648, when exhausted European powers agreed that sovereignty mattered. Since then it has survived empires, revolutions and two world wars. Now it faces its strangest challenge yet — a world where a tweet can undo a treaty.

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Understanding Multipolarity: Why the Unipolar Moment is Over

Aug 18, 2025

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UN at a Crossroads: Can Multilateralism Survive the 21st Century?

Aug 18, 2025

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