Canada and Europe are deepening cooperation in trade, technology, resources and defence. Can shared institutions create greater freedom to choose?
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The midterm result changes the domestic foundations of American commitments. Its international significance will emerge through the authority, resources and legitimacy behind the promises others are asked to trust.
The development, the context, and what to watch next. Short reads between the longer arguments.
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Tomorrow’s congressional elections will shape the domestic foundations of American commitments. What should partners watch beyond the result?
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The Ibero-American Summit opens on 4 November. Its practical test is whether shared priorities become institutions, resources and better opportunities.
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Shanghai’s import expo opens on 5 November. Its diplomatic message will be tested by the terms on which businesses can actually trade.
Read the briefing ↗Seventeen global goals. Different paths towards a shared promise. Explore our international project on power, progress and the road beyond 2030.
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Institutions deserve neither automatic deference nor reflexive dismissal. A closer look at the work that happens after the summit ends.
Diplomacy in an age of fragmentation ↗The African Union’s G20 seat, the politics of debt and climate finance, and Britain’s uneven response to demands for a more equal international order.
Read the essay ↗Britain has announced new sanctions and mediators have returned to Geneva. Changing the course of Sudan’s war requires pressure that reaches its sources of supply, protects civilians and gives Sudanese people a meaningful voice in the peace being negotiated.
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