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In this populist era Putin may be sitting over powder kegs more than client states.

It’s been more tug-of-war than clean break, but 2021 will mark the year rich countries began extricating themselves from the COVID-19 crisis.

Team Biden would seek coalition with allies, but outcome not promising By Robert A. Manning I knew Pyongyangs quiet couldnt last. Through U.S. President Joe Bidens impressive flurry of Asian diplomacy ― unprecedented Quad summit, 2+2 ministerial meetings, first with Japan, then South Korea, and meeting with Beijing on U.S. soil ― North Korea didnt steal the show. Robert A. ManningThen the cycle began, right out of the well-worn North Korea playbook for testing new U.S. presidents. First, t...

The future is here: A guide to the post-COVID world 02/05/2021 Welcome to your guide to where the world is headed during the pandemic era and beyond. Each week, we’ll bring you the latest and most significant expert insights and international news about how coronavirus is reshaping international affairs. To stay updated each week, sign up to the newsletter here. Let’s take a spin around the globe, in seven minutes or less. In top stories this week: The number of COVID-19 vaccinations may h...

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with then-US Vice President Joe Biden in 2013. REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool/File Photo Chinese negotiators surprised their European Union counterparts this week with key market-access concessions—following long months of intransigence—that could allow the two parties to reach an agreement on a historic investment deal by year’s end. Though EU officials haven’t yet revealed the details, one senior EU diplomat said the agreement goes beyond anythin...

The top ten risks and opportunities for 2021 It’s not being called the “year from hell” for nothing. The pandemic, the kind of “grey swan” event that is predicted but never pinpointed in time, finally came calling in 2020, aggravated by deepening political division and tribalism. International institutions continued to fragment, with the United States withdrawing from the World Health Organization right in the middle of the plague and engaging in obstructionist behavior in other mul...