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Global Outlook: Global Challenges to Democracy
Squaring the Circle
By Herbert Wulf | 20 August, 2025
The US president's erratic tariff policy is disrupting global political relations. Long-standing alliances are being called into question, and new, unexpected alliances appear possible..
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Reluctant Truth-Tellers and Institutional Fragility
By Jordan Ryan | 19 August, 2025
In democracies under strain, the most important truths often arrive too late, uttered hesitantly by those who should have spoken earlier.
The Choice Is Still Clear: Renewing the UN Charter at 80
By Jordan Ryan | 27 June, 2025
The Charter of the United Nations, born from the ashes of the most destructive war in human history, embodied a commitment: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the dignity and worth of every human being, and to build peace through cooperation—not conquest.
An Arab ‘MAGA’ Reset?
By Larbi Sadiki | 20 May, 2025
US president Donald Trump’s visit to three of the world’s richest states in the Gulf calls for reflection on the prospects of an Arab MAGA (Make the Arab world Great Again).
This is Not Who We Are: The United States in Retreat
By Polly Byers | 06 May, 2025
The current U.S. Administration's effort to disparage, dismantle and defund the institutions of America’s international leadership and engagement is strikingly at odds with America’s fundamental values and what it has long stood for.
Donald Trump’s Overwhelming Force/Surrender Style of Negotiation and Governing
By Heidi and Guy Burgess | 02 April, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is making worldwide news everyday with his “shock and awe” style of governing. Three particularly alarming actions of the Trump administration relate directly to the fields of peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
The views and opinions expressed in Global Outlook are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toda Peace Institute.
Squaring the Circle
By Herbert Wulf | 20 August, 2025
The US president's erratic tariff policy is disrupting global political relations. Long-standing alliances are being called into question, and new, unexpected alliances appear possible..
To see the full list of Global Outlook articles, click here
Reluctant Truth-Tellers and Institutional Fragility
By Jordan Ryan | 19 August, 2025
In democracies under strain, the most important truths often arrive too late, uttered hesitantly by those who should have spoken earlier.
The Choice Is Still Clear: Renewing the UN Charter at 80
By Jordan Ryan | 27 June, 2025
The Charter of the United Nations, born from the ashes of the most destructive war in human history, embodied a commitment: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to uphold the dignity and worth of every human being, and to build peace through cooperation—not conquest.
An Arab ‘MAGA’ Reset?
By Larbi Sadiki | 20 May, 2025
US president Donald Trump’s visit to three of the world’s richest states in the Gulf calls for reflection on the prospects of an Arab MAGA (Make the Arab world Great Again).
This is Not Who We Are: The United States in Retreat
By Polly Byers | 06 May, 2025
The current U.S. Administration's effort to disparage, dismantle and defund the institutions of America’s international leadership and engagement is strikingly at odds with America’s fundamental values and what it has long stood for.
Donald Trump’s Overwhelming Force/Surrender Style of Negotiation and Governing
By Heidi and Guy Burgess | 02 April, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is making worldwide news everyday with his “shock and awe” style of governing. Three particularly alarming actions of the Trump administration relate directly to the fields of peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
The views and opinions expressed in Global Outlook are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Toda Peace Institute.