GLOBAL ORDER

Aerial editorial-style image of a vast logistics and infrastructure landscape combining ports, rail networks, energy facilities, warehouses, and cargo aviation infrastructure. At the center lies a large unfinished blueprint-like void marked by faint planning lines, surrounded by interconnected systems rendered in muted grey and steel-blue tones

When these wars end…

03/06/202604/06/2026

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are accelerating a historic redistribution of power, ensuring that the world emerging from these conflicts will look nothing like the one we know today

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at a podium during the World Economic Forum in Davos

The Carney Doctrine: A quiet riot and the geopolitical realignment

22/01/202630/01/2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent Davos speech was not merely a statement; it was a declaration of independence from a collapsing world order, articulating the West’s quiet riot against American unilateralism

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Plamen Tonchev on the U.S.–China power shift and the coming age of uncertainty

08/01/202615/03/2026

An in-depth interview with Plamen Tonchev, one of Europe’s most seasoned China watchers, on U.S.–China rivalry, strategic contradictions, and the risks of a leaderless international order

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Venezuela: President Trump emerges “victorious” from his litter box

05/01/202615/02/2026

Donald Trump declares victory in Venezuela after a dramatic intervention, leaving unresolved realities, legal violations, and geopolitical risks that may turn the operation into a long-term strategic disaster

Gian Maria Tosatti’s “My Heart is a Void, the Void is a Mirror” is an in-depth and long-term investigation into the crisis of democracy in the West articulated as episodes across a number of cities

Democracies in crisis, or rather liberal democracy at a crossroads?

03/05/202510/07/2025

Liberal democracy stands at a crossroads, as mounting tensions between democratic majoritarianism and liberal constitutionalism threaten to unravel the political stability of Western systems and reshape global governance norms

Flags of the member states of the European Union in front of the EU Commission building “Berlaymont” in Brussels, Belgium, symbolizing the unity and complexity of European governance

Europe’s dilemma caught between eagles and dragons

23/03/202526/03/2025

The views expressed here are those of George Magnus from Engelsberg Ideas, dissecting Europe’s geopolitical and economic dilemmas in a fractured world where alliances fray, ambitions clash, and history’s echoes shape an uncertain future

A hand holding an American flag in front of a worn, mural-like portrait of Donald Trump, with a faded U.S. flag in the background, symbolizing political continuity and change

Continuities and discontinuities in American foreign policy: Beyond the Trump vs. Biden/Obama binary

05/03/202522/03/2026

U.S. foreign policy under Trump reflects both continuity and disruption. From NATO to Ukraine, shifting alliances redefine America’s role in an emerging multipolar world