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Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan speaks on an opening for High Level Seminar, Strengthening Global Collaboration for Tackling Food and Insecurity, during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, July 15, 2022. Sonny Tumbelaka/Pool via REUTERS

Saudi Finance Minister: COVID, Geopolitical Tensions Impacted Food and Energy Security

Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said on Friday he explained in a G20 meeting that concerns regarding COVID-19 and its variants, in addition to geopolitical tensions, have added to…

13, Oct 2022

Ministers and members of the delegates listen as Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi delivers her remarks during the opening session of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia July 8, 2022. Dita Alangkara/Pool via Reuters

War Dominates G20 Meeting As Russia Chides West's 'Frenzied' Criticism

G20 host Indonesia urged the group's foreign ministers on Friday to help end the war in Ukraine, as Russia's top diplomat accused the West of scuppering a chance to tackle global economic issues with…

08, Jul 2022

Greta Thunberg: The Climate Campaigner Challenging World Leaders

This summer is witnessing many fires and floods that strike many countries around the globe, and the intense heatwave, which scientists describe as “the most observed heatwave on the planet”, has…

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Saudi Arabia has contributed $10 million to establish the Global Network of Anti-corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (GlobE), said Head of the Saudi Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha…

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(from L) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and France's General Director for Political Affairs and Security Philippe Errera pose for a family photo during a meeting at NATO's headquarters in Brussels on April 14, 2021. (Getty)

The Case Against a New Concert of Powers

Global politics today is a mess, and it can be tempting to turn to history for clues about how to clean it up, as Richard Haass and Charles Kupchan did recently in “The New Concert of Powers” (March…

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