Multilateralism

The latest flurry of U.S. diplomacy shows how the president is all about “minilateralism.”

As Seoul hosts the Summit for Democracy, it can show that the Korean model is one to emulate.

States are increasingly focused on security and the age-old diplomatic instruments to achieve it.

Foreign Policy’s best deep dives of the year.

As another multilateral forum issued a watered-down statement, Russia and North Korea met to deepen military ties.

Inertia and rivalries are producing a dangerous breakdown of multilateralism.

Multilateralism is at a dead end, but powerful blocs are getting things done.

How the United States can rejuvenate the global institutions it created.

The group needs to embrace new ideas and more inclusive leadership.

The crisis has created a truly geopolitical moment for intra-African politics.

The French president has good ideas—but his approach to the EU is vague, unilateral, and self-serving.

A disturbing Russian weapons test is yet more proof that new rules are needed.

The newly reelected secretary-general wants the world to work together to battle pandemics, inequality, and climate change.

A U.S. State Department czar should lead a campaign to stop China and Russia from gaining control of multilateral agencies.

We urgently need a global ethical consensus on how far technological advances can go.