Global Governance & Politics

U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One, for their first official visit to Britain, at Stansted Airport, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1138DA3BE0

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit

Thomas Wright, Alina Polyakova, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Amanda Sloat, Célia Belin, Kemal Kirişci, and Tarun Chhabra

Monday, July 16, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he holds a news conference after participating in the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause - RC11028C7550

NATO’s global peace is unraveling and we can’t see it

Robert Kagan

Sunday, July 15, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are seen at the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause - RC1C67E741D0

Yes, Russia is a threat to NATO. So are the alliance’s anti-democratic members.

Norman Eisen and James Kirchick

Saturday, July 14, 2018

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir is welcomed by supporters on his return from peace talks in Kampala, at the Juba Airport, South Sudan July 9, 2018. Picture taken July 9, 2018. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu - RC1DE4791970

Africa in the news: South Sudan peace breaks down, Ethiopia-Eritrea peace cemented, and major energy projects make progress

Christina Golubski

Saturday, July 14, 2018

[T]he weaponization of the judiciary [and] the manipulation of the media [show that the military is clearing the way for Imran Khan to become prime minister.]

Joshua T. White Wall Street Journal Thursday, July 12, 2018

NATO signs are seen ahead of the Summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna - RC151B67F470

Sharing the burden without sharing a strategy

Will Moreland

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Soccer Football - World Cup - Round of 16 - Sweden vs Switzerland - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - July 3, 2018 Sweden's Robin Olsen in action REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1C8474D500

The World Cup exposes the limits of globalization

Dhruva Jaishankar

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gestures as he gives a news conference ahead of a summit that will gather leaders of the 29 alliance members in Brussels, Belgium, July 10 2018. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause - RC14D4F06960

An inconvenient truth: Addressing democratic backsliding within NATO

Jonathan Katz and Torrey Taussig

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

(From L) Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Chad's President Idriss Deby, Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou and Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore pose as they leave the African Union summit to go to a meeting of the G5 Sahel "College de defense du G5 Sahel" CDS meeting in Nouakchott, Mauritania, July 2, 2018. Macron, making an exceptional appearance at an African Union (AU) summit, was expected to discuss hurdles facing a five-nation French-backed anti-terror unit, the "G5 Sahel" force. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters? - RC1B3C750F50

Africa in the news: US-Africa business council, AU summit, and Nigeria updates

Amy Copley

Friday, July 6, 2018

The sustainable development goals and climate finance: Catalytic agent or empty vessel?

Jackson Ewing and Avia Nahreen

Friday, July 6, 2018