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Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace surround the Statue of Liberty Plaza, on November 6, 2023. AFP

The liberal international order is slowly coming apart

Its collapse could be sudden and irreversible

The Economist 19 May 2024
Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Taiwan Mulls WTO Case After Latest Chinese Import Bans

Taiwan may take China to the World Trade Organization after the country effectively banned the import of more Taiwanese food and drink products, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Saturday as Beijing…

10 December 2022
At a port in Shanghai, April 2022. (China Out / Reuters)

Deglobalization Is Not Inevitable

As trade officials gather on the calm shores of Lake Geneva for the World Trade Organization’s long-delayed 12th ministerial conference, a perfect storm is brewing in the multilateral trading system…

Pascal Lamy, Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki 18 June 2022
A worker disinfects boxes of Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines, part of the Covax program, which aims to ensure equitable access to Covid-19 vaccinations, after they arrived by plane at the Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on May 8, 2021. (Getty)

The Vaccine Donations Aren’t Enough

Developing countries now account for more of the COVID-19s daily global death toll, at 85 percent and climbing, than high-income countries. Thanks to high vaccination rates, deaths in these rich…

Chelsea Clinton and Achal Prabhala 02 July 2021

The World Trade Organization, in Ruling for China, Bares its Toothless Gums

A World Trade Organization panel ruled Tuesday the Trump administration violated international trade rules by trying to stop China's blatant violations of international trade rules. The ruling…

Jon Healey 18 September 2020

Mohammad Al-Tuwaijri: The Saudi Candidate Looking to Shake-up the WTO

On August 31 2020, Roberto Azevêdo will stepped down as director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The selection process for the next director-general is underway…

Al Majalla - London 18 September 2020
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18 March 2026

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.

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Iran after Larijani: a war without an exit

18 March 2026

Israel's assassination of the pragmatic and highly influential National Security Chief closes the path to de-escalation

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Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative

17 March 2026

By attacking Gulf energy infrastructure, Iran aims to apply economic and geopolitical pressure as a way to avoid large-scale conflict

Jessica Obeid
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Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

16 March 2026

The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.

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