Foreign PolicyJul 23, 20264 min
Soft Power and the Limits of Persuasion
Attraction is real power, but it is not a substitute for the harder kind — and it cannot be manufactured on demand.
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#Multilateralism
Every dispatch filed under Multilateralism.
Jul 21, 20263 min
Africa's Nonalignment, Version Two
A new generation of African states is reviving an old instinct — refusing to be anyone's theatre — and updating it for a multipolar economy.
Foreign PolicyJul 18, 20264 min
Climate Diplomacy: The Slow Machinery of Consensus
Climate negotiation is diplomacy at its most thankless: universal stakes, deferred rewards and the constant temptation to free-ride.
Jul 17, 20264 min
Middle-Power Diplomacy in an Age of Great-Power Rivalry
The states caught between giants are not passive. Their hedging is a strategy in its own right — and it may shape the century as much as the giants do.
Jul 16, 20264 min
Reforming the Security Council: Ambition Meets Arithmetic
Everyone agrees the UN Security Council should change. Almost no one agrees on how — and the veto guards the door.
GeopoliticsJul 12, 20264 min
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The vocabulary of spheres of influence never really left international politics. It is returning to the surface — and with it, hard questions about sovereignty and consent.