A Debt Crisis Endangers Democracy Worldwide
Hakainde Hichilema is President of the Republic of Zambia.
The Search for a New International Order in a Fractured World
Arancha Gonzalez Laya is Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po and a former Foreign Minister of Spain. You may follow her on Twitter @AranchaGlezLaya.
Two Worlds of Russia’s Foreign Policy
Dmitri Trenin is a Research Professor at the Higher School of Economics and a Leading Research Fellow with the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, both in Moscow.
The Geopolitical Zeitenwende
Emil Brix is Director of the Vienna School of International Studies (the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna), having formerly served as Director-General of Foreign Cultural Policy of the Austrian Ministry of European and International Affairs and Austria’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the Russian Federation. You may follow him on Twitter @Amb_EmilBrix. This is a translated and revised version of a German-language essay entitled “Die geopolitische Zeitenwende”, originally published in Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Politik 2022 (Böhlau, Wien 2023), 411-425.
The Urgent Need for a Triumph of Diplomacy
Jan Kavan is a former President of the UN General Assembly (2002-2003), Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (1998-2002).
The War in Ukraine and the Crisis of Multilateralism
Antonio Zanardi Landi is a seasoned Italian diplomat who presently holds the title of the Sovereign Order of Malta’s Ambassador to the Holy See, having also served as Diplomatic Counselor to Presidents Sergio Mattarella and Giorgio Napolitano as well as Italy’s ambassador to the Russian Federation, the Holy See, and Serbia and Montenegro.
Dealing with Autocracies in a Multipolar World
Armin Laschet is a former Minister-President of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, having also formerly served as Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). You may follow him on Twitter @ArminLaschet.
A New Chance for Europe
Igor Lukšić is a former Prime Minister of Montenegro, having also formerly served as the country’s Foreign and Finance Minister.