The Multilateralism Index 2024 reveals a contradiction: while participation in the multilateral system has largely held steady or even increased, its effectiveness in addressing global challenges has ...

The following is a guest post by Chelsea Thorpe, former intern for International Institutions and Global Governance at the Council on Foreign Relations. For at least two decades, the UN Security ...

Thank you for the kind introduction. A very good morning / afternoon / evening to you all. Let me, first, warmly congratulate Suzanne Clark for being the first woman to lead the U.S. Chamber of ...

Digital transformation has triggered the development of new business models that allow multinational enterprises to generate huge profits through using intangible property, such as intellectual ...

Mark Malloch-Brown, you are a long-standing member of the faculty of the Queen Elizabeth II Academy at Chatham House. Each year, you have illuminated for our fellows the challenges but also the great ...

A FEW MONTHS into his second term as US President, Donald Trump kicked off his tariff onslaught. The reasoning was that higher US tariffs are needed to counteract foreign trade practices that ...

“Multilateral treaties are the bones and sinews of global politic, making it possible for states to move from talk through compromise to solemn commitment.”– Professor Thomas M. Frank The UN system is ...

After a recent trip to India, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell blogged that while he understood “in a multipolar world everyone wants to express his or her own truth,” this needs to be ...

A student lifts a placard as he and others line up to take part in a march to condemn the recent bomb attacks in the city (Danish Siddiqui/Courtesy Reuters). As we approach the tenth anniversary of ...

Governments around the world are facing complex intersecting challenges: how to achieve supply chain diversification and resilience while simultaneously pursuing more ambitious climate action and ...

The world has undergone significant transformations in the past few decades following the end of the Cold War. While the changes are evident, the emergence of a new system remains to be determined.