The multicultural bargain in international football is real – but the terms aren’t equal for everyone wearing the shirt.

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New venues, old problems: the Winter Olympics cannot build its way out of climate change.

As BRICS expands and US pressure mounts, India’s 2026 chairship tests New Delhi’s ability to balance reform, resilience, and non-alignment in a fractured world order.

Rather than a sharp and agile forum, the G20 has blown out more to matter less.

The intersection of populism and foreign policy has garnered increasing scholarly attention. However, its manifestation through international summits remains underexplored. The 2023 G20 summit held...