One of the least appreciated consequences of the comparative exhaustion of the liberal economic model that emerged in the last third of the 20th century is the reduction in the ability of Western countries to effectively and rationally dominate international affairs
One of the least appreciated consequences of the comparative exhaustion of the liberal economic model that emerged in the last third of the 20th century is the reduction in the ability of Western countries to effectively and rationally...
... this system is under increasing pressure with the global landscape rapidly changing; however, current US rhetoric remains stuck in the past. In actuality, this US-led liberal order is undergoing a profound transformation with the rise of a multipolar world order and the US is no longer its chief architect.
Igbal Guliyev, Maria Ginzburg:
The Impact of Trump’s Tariff Policy on Food Security for BRICS States
The rules-based international order is actually a rebranding of the Liberal International ...
The current policy of the White House reflects the U.S.’s natural ambition to retain its leadership in the world economy
The U.S. trade deficit in 2024 rose to a record $1.2 trillion. The White House
attributes
this alarming imbalance to asymmetries in trade barriers between the United States and its foreign economic partners. For instance, the U.S. collects a 2.5% tariff on passenger car imports, while the EU charges 10%, India 70% and China 15%. On top of that, non-tariff barriers hinder U.S...
Today we are only witnessing the beginning of large-scale changes in US tariff policy
US trade policy has become increasingly securitized, intertwining economic objectives with national security priorities—from revitalizing domestic industry to combating drug trafficking. This approach is being pursued with a sense of urgency, often overlapping with sanctions measures. However, conflating tariffs with sanctions would be premature; unlike trade policy tools, sanctions remain primarily instruments...
... Russia's admiration for America should not be over exaggerated either. In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, when about 57 thousand Russians entered foreign universities, the share of the United States was only slightly more than 10% of this number, significantly ... ... can become an accelerator or, on the contrary, will turn into a brake on the development of Russian-American relations.
A New World Order
Rahul Pandey:
The U.S.-Led Global Disorder: Opportunities for India, China and Russia
Many tactical interests of ...
There must be a concerted effort against unipolar dictates, aligned with the growing momentum toward a multipolar world order grounded in international law, justice, and equality
Every cloud has a silver lining. So does Trump’s punitive tariff policy, announced on April 2
nd
, 2025, despite the prevailing reaction, characterizing this policy decision as chaotic ...
... the international system, sentiments that remain true today: “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.”
Henry Kissinger's secret visit
to China in the early 1970s was such a week when the seeds of the new world order were established, followed by China’s opening up to the world and massive economic, military and societal changes that occurred outside the memory of human beings. This change was famously observed by Chinese President Xi Jinping when he ...
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https://jungefreiheit.de/politik/ausland/2025/mit-diesen-zoellen-ueberzieht-trump-die-ganze-welt/
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. European Parliament (2025). Handel zwischen der EU und den USA: mögliche Auswirkungen neuer Zölle auf Europa. URL:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/topics/de/article/20250210STO26801/handel-zwischen-der-eu-und-den-usa-mogliche-auswirkungen-neuer-zolle-auf-europa
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. European Commission (2024). Wichtigste Partner ...
What kind of order is it, if it is so easy to disrupt?
The Trump administration's recent announcement of "reciprocal tariffs" has made almost all countries victims of its protectionism. As Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said, the sweeping new tariffs plunged the global trade system into a highly challenging situation. Although the tariffs have had a negative influence on Russia, it has not been directly affected by them. The reason for this is that numerous...
The presidential elections in the United States will determine the future of international relations and become a prologue for a post-Westphalian system of inter-civilizational dialogue
Russia, Europe, and America: Towards a Post-Westphalian World Order
The transformation of the current world order, frequently discussed by numerous experts and scholars as a “global restructuring,” is largely driven by a crisis in nation-states and the underlying cultural code of modern civilization. For ...
