Energy Geopolitics from Hormuz to Lagos: Commodity Shocks and African Vulnerability
In this analysis, Dr. Oludele Solaja examines how geopolitical tensions around the strategic oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz...
Dr. Shahriari: Without Western Recognition, Rojava Lacks Leverage to Secure a Lasting Power-Sharing Deal with Damascus
In this ECPS interview, Dr. Soheila Shahriari offers a theoretically grounded diagnosis of Rojava’s most precarious post-ISIS moment. She argues...
Prof. Hathaway: A Moment of Peril—and Possibility—to Reimagine the International Legal Order
Giving an interview to the ECPS, Professor Oona A. Hathaway reflects on the resilience and fragility of the post-1945 international...
ECPS Academy Summer School — Europe Between Oceans: The Future of the EU Trade Between the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific (July 6-10, 2026)
Are you interested in global trade politics and the future of Europe in a shifting world order? Do you want...
Populism and the Future of Transatlantic Relations: Challenges and Policy Options
Please cite as: Riddervold, Marianne; Rosén, Guri & Greenberg, Jessica R. (2026). Populism and the Future of Transatlantic Relations: Challenges...
Pax Americana to Pax Silica: Strategic Shifts in US Security Policy
From Pax Americana to Pax Silica, US grand strategy is undergoing a quiet but consequential transformation. In this timely commentary,...
From the ‘End of History’ to the ‘End of a Fiction’: What Davos 2026 Really Announced
Davos 2026 revealed a global order no longer converging on a single liberal model, but sliding into a harsher era...
Prof. Klingebiel: Trump’s US Is Actively Undermining Multilateralism—So We Should Push for a ‘Global Order Minus One’
In this ECPS interview, Professor Stephan Klingebiel argues that Trump-era populism signals a durable shift in global governance rather than...
Prof. Rodríguez: Venezuela Is No Longer About Venezuela, It’s About Demonstrating Power
Giving an interview to the ECPS, Professor Francisco Rodríguez argues that today “Venezuela is no longer about Venezuela; it is...
The United Nations in the Age of American Transactionalism
Please cite as:Drieskens, Edith. (2026). “The United Nations.” In: Populism and the Future of Transatlantic Relations: Challenges and Policy Options....











