Global Governance and International Institutions
Global Governance and International Institutions
War on Gaza: Israel’s Ban on UNRWA and the Challenges of Global Governance
Global Governance and International Institutions
Why the UAE is worried about a “Cold War” between the United States and China
Global Governance and International Institutions
Is It a Possible to Disconnect Russia from SWIFT?
Global Governance and International Institutions
US-Russia Summit: Chance Meeting or First Step to Correct Course?
Global Governance and International Institutions
US Retreat from the Middle East and the Future of Global Leadership
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Trump 2.0: Political Directions and Regional Changes
The administrative staff of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has been completed, particularly concerning foreign policy leaders and those responsible for the Middle East. A thorough analysis of Trump’s team offers an insightful view into the plans and positions likely to be followed during his second term, especially in relation to the region.
War on Gaza: Israel’s Ban on UNRWA and the Challenges of Global Governance
Israel’s ban on UNRWA imposes severe humanitarian challenges on the beneficiaries of its services in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It is considered a political and legal overstep in light of the agency’s mandate, history, and roles. Additionally, the ban highlights the issue of global governance and its ability to provide an appropriate response in an increasingly tense world, especially in terms of relief efforts and humanitarian aid.
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Why the UAE is worried about a “Cold War” between the United States and China
In this paper, Muhammad Barhouma provides an assessment of the reasons behind UAE’s concern about a “cold war” between the United States and China, as well as the context of such a war, how the UAE will interact with it, the potential impact on Emirati policies if the competition between the two superpowers intensifies, and the possible scenarios that will determine the UAE’s position on it.
Is It a Possible to Disconnect Russia from SWIFT?
Is there a US intention to separate Russia from the global monetary system? Is it capable of this act? And what will be the consequences? How do US allies and adversaries deal with the fact that Washington is dominating the global monetary system? This analytical reading will try to answer these and other questions on issues related to Moscow's experience with Western sanctions, particularly in its financial aspect.
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US-Russia Summit: Chance Meeting or First Step to Correct Course?
All eyes are on the US-Russian summit scheduled for mid-June 2021, due to its significance in determining the course of interactions between the two powers in the next three and a half years of Biden's presidency. The following analytical reading reviews the most prominent factors of strategic aggravation and provides a vision of a possible breakthrough in relations between the two poles of the former Cold War in light of changing state priorities in the time of Covid-19 (as most states tend to focus their attention on domestic issues at the expense of foreign policy) along with the implication of China’s rise represented in a potential repositioning within the world order and in the relations between key actors.
US Retreat from the Middle East and the Future of Global Leadership
One after another, US leaders bring the academic and intellectual community into a state of uncertainty when seeking to approach their global slogans about the US return to world leadership, coinciding with consensus on the apparent state of exhaustion as a result of the intervention in the Middle East, and amid calls and promises to withdraw from the region that is of great strategic and geopolitical weight. Thereupon, the following article examines the premise that the US retreat from the Middle East ends any chance of leading the world and threatens the pillars of the post-Cold War world order.
Washington and the faltering transition to power
Despite the results’ announcement, the controversy over the US presidential elections is still going on, as uncertainty and haziness prevail in a scene fairly open to all options including political, or even security, escalation.
Between Allies and Adversities: What Does Biden's Victory Imply?
Joe Biden never stopped stressing – ever since he was still a candidate – his promises to put the United States back on the global arena, rehabilitate relations with allies and curb competitors, in a time where the whole world is observing this traditional American discourse welcoming and anticipating. This material studies the shape of foreign affairs that will be adopted by the newly elected president, it also seeks to answer an important question: what are the variables and invariables that we will witness in policies compared to those of the outgoing president Donald Trump?
A quite exceptional American elections
Five days after global anticipation of the US election results, Joe Biden announces himself the 46th President of the United States, despite Donald Trump refusal to concede defeat. What do we make of the present political scene in the United States? Will the battle over the most powerful and highest-level executive position continue in Washington? What are the main foreign policy issues facing the next administration?