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Global Outlook: Global Challenges to Democracy
A Vicious Spiral: Political Violence in Fragile Democracies
By Jordan Ryan | 13 September, 2025
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the United States on 10 September 2025 signals a renewed threat to democratic stability in the United States and beyond.
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US Bars Palestinian Delegation: A Dangerous Precedent for UN Universality
By Jordan Ryan | 04 September, 2025
While past exclusions of entry to the US targeted individuals, the revoking of visas—directed at an entire visiting leadership delegation from the PA and PLO—is without precedent in UN history.
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..
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).
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.
A Vicious Spiral: Political Violence in Fragile Democracies
By Jordan Ryan | 13 September, 2025
The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the United States on 10 September 2025 signals a renewed threat to democratic stability in the United States and beyond.
To see the full list of Global Outlook articles, click here
US Bars Palestinian Delegation: A Dangerous Precedent for UN Universality
By Jordan Ryan | 04 September, 2025
While past exclusions of entry to the US targeted individuals, the revoking of visas—directed at an entire visiting leadership delegation from the PA and PLO—is without precedent in UN history.
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..
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).
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.