If you have ever watched Breaking Bad, you know the moment that Walter White realizes he’s no longer operating on the margins. What began as a desperate, contained decision has expanded into something ...

For nearly eight decades, the United States has shouldered a disproportionate burden in maintaining global peace, prosperity and order. After World War II, we had little choice. The world lay in ruins ...

The sweeping tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2, along with the subsequent postponements and retaliations, have unleashed an enormous amount of global uncertainty. Much of the ...

The global trading system is only one example of the administration tearing something apart, only to reveal that it has no plan for how to replace it. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has covered ...

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, with developing countries likely to suffer the most, the UN Trade and ...

Scientists are sharpening their warnings that 2026 could mark a dangerous inflection point, not a cinematic single-day apocalypse but a year when multiple global systems edge closer to failure. From ...

This article originally appeared in the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs’ CIDOB International Yearbook 2026 and was translated to Spanish and Catalan. It is reprinted with permission. Just ...