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The Gangster Logic of Trump’s Tariff Wars

Anne O. Krueger WASHINGTON, DC, May 28 (PS): In his second term, President Donald Trump has turned extortion and coercion into central features of American statecraft, deploying tariffs, sanctions, and other forms of economic pressure against adversaries and allies alike. With each passing day, the damage caused by this gangster-like

Is Trump’s Iran War a Crime of Aggression?

Many commentators, including those on the right, have dubbed US President Donald Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran “Operation Epic

Where communities lead, nature recovers: International Biological Diversity Day

In the Eastern Himalaya, the issue of human-elephant coexistence continues to illustrate the complexity of conservation in lived landscapes, where

Iran Is Pressing Its Strategic Advantage

Iran is looking for an option that both costs its adversary and generates revenue for itself. Unable to match America’s

The Global Water Cycle Is Critical Infrastructure

As we look toward a more uncertain, insecure water future, it is incumbent on governments and financial institutions to ensure

AI’s Shadow Global Governance

WASHINGTON, DC—In The Three-Arched Bridge, the novelist Ismail Kadare tells the story of a bridge being built in medieval Arbëria (modern-day Albania,

RSP’s technocratic turn challenges Nepal’s old political order

Critics might still say that we need an ideology, but they are missing the point. Maybe the goal is not

Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China

Europe still has time to catch up. But unless it matches its regulatory ambition with sustained investment, it will remain

Why Nepal’s development, good governance falls short

Good governance is not a new lexicon in our polity. This term has come into the centre of debate of

China’s whole-process people’s democracy

We look forward to strengthening exchange of experience in party governance and state administration with political parties and friends from