Events

The world is entering a period of profound geopolitical uncertainty. Power dynamics are shifting rapidly. The long-standing assumptions that once sustained the idea of liberal international order are weakening. We now live in a multiplex world in which partnerships are shaped by new narratives, interests, and circumstances, and are more flexible, issue-specific, and regionally grounded. In this environment, foreign policy must combine principled commitments with interest-based realism. Economic realignment, regional conflicts, cyber and hybrid threats, authoritarian revisionism, and rapid technological development are making global affairs more uncertain than ever.

A fourth week of US strikes on Iran, a second chokepoint activated in the Red Sea, and Rubio meeting Wang Yi and Lavrov in Manila over a war none of them controls.