After decades of deepening economic integration, the world economy is increasingly challenged by rising geopolitical and geoeconomic rivalry, notably, but not only, between the United States and China...

What meaning—if any—can we discern in President Trump’s decisions to impose, and then pause, tariffs on the entire world? And what does this mean for the future of world order? At the time of writing,...

The gutting of USAID reflects a wider trend away from foreign aid that is not fuelled by self-interest.

The global governance of sovereign debt distress is widely understood to be under threat from China, which has risen to become the world’s largest official bilateral creditor. In response to the Gl...

The global governance of sovereign debt distress is widely understood to be under threat from China, which has risen to become the world’s largest official bilateral creditor. In response to the Gl...

Assistant Professor in Development Studies (Fixed Term) in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.

China's rise as a major development financing provider is widely seen as challenging traditional donor states’ influence over the norms and institutions of global development and over aid recipients.....

China's rise as a major development financing provider is widely seen as challenging traditional donor states’ influence over the norms and institutions of global development and over aid recipients....

Australia's leading universities cut ties with Confucius Institutes, but don’t cite concerns of foreign interference.

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We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.

Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations

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Government expected to announce GDP expanded about 5% in 2024 but many feel economy is in recession

Developing nations, already set for a turbulent 2025, are having to cope with ballooning interest payments on $29 trillion of debt that built up over the last decade.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has lifted a martial law order, just hours after his decree plunged the country into political uncertainty. Follow for live updates.

His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

US officials say probe is part of wider operation to uncover graft in People’s Liberation Army

What is a state for? How does its nature, actions, and limits differ from other corporate bodies? Is the relationship of a state to its citizens fundamentally that of a service provider to its clients...