Middle powers may miss the global order more than they think
Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you
Even if you are not interested in the superpowers, they will sooner or later be interested in you

Would-be architects of a future global order should take heed

Rather than unleashing a new multi-polar era, US retreat has left states scrapping for advantage in an ill-defined order

Even under normal leadership, a status-anxious US would be lashing out

New priorities are needed to succeed amid unreliable and competing great powers

The future, like the recent past, will be shaped in the public realm

Worn-out top-down approaches won’t help us build lasting shared prosperity