The fragmented global response to the war in Ukraine shows that while the U.S. and its allies see policies as rooted in efforts to preserve the liberal international order (LIO), many emerging countries see them differently.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a summit in Washington on April 10. After two hours of talks, they held a joint press conference.
The case for supporting Ukraine is supporting democracy and the rule of law, security through alliances and support for an open world, with economic relations founded on common rules. Now often referred to as the rules-based international order.
In times of shifting geopolitical moments, levels of volatility are typically matched by the potential to address unfolding crises and challenges to shape history. Now is no exception. It’s leadership that makes the difference — it will be so again.
The world is undeniably in crisis. Yet crises can be catalysts for either rapid decline or significant improvement.
On Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, 40 kilometers south of San Francisco, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the APEC summit, overshadowing the summit itself.
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has directly challenged arrangements that have helped to secure peace for over 70 years. The world will be safer if Russia is soundly defeated on the battlefield than it will be in the event of an ambiguous outcome.
At the BRICS summit in Johannesburg from Aug. 22-24, more than 20 countries formally applied to join the group. The new members are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. They will become full members from Jan. 1, 2024. With these new members, the BRICS+ has acquired a more Global South look.
By Kim Sang-wooOn Aug. 18, U.S. President Joe Biden held a trilateral summit at Camp David, Maryland with the leaders of the main U.S. allies in Asia, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, where a series of new commitments on diplomatic, economic and military cooperation were formalized. The military agreements include annual military exercises, deeper coordination on ballistic missile defense, and a new crisis communication hotline. The three countries also promised to hold trilateral summits annually. In a joint press conference, Biden stressed that “our world stands on an inflection point,” in which it's particularly important to find “new ways to work together.” The three leaders agreed to a new “commitment to consult” security pledge committing them to speak with each other in the event of a security crisis or threat in the Indo-Pacific. The pledge is intended to acknowledge that they share “fundamentally interlinked security environments and that a threat to one, is a threat to all.” The t