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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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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
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5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
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The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
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Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
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Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

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