Soon after reentering office, President Donald Trump announced a renewed policy of sanctioning International Criminal Court (ICC) officials. Employing the considerable extraterritorial powers of the United States (US), Washington initially targeted individual Court officials and supporters before further escalating by sanctioning the ICC as an institution. This is part of an explicit policy to “dismantle” […]
WHAT ARE THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS & WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? On November 3, 2026, the United States (US) will hold its midterm elections. Held two years into a president’s four-year term, the elections mark the halfway point of a presidency. They provide voters with the opportunity to elect the members of the two chambers of […]
The Group of Seven (G7) still serves as the anchor of global governance, but there is increasing skepticism about its ability to sufficiently constrain the currents of today’s multipolar world. Despite these doubts, the G7 has increasingly served as the center of global governance since its annual summit first convened in 1975. Its most recent […]
The US is not simply withdrawing from multilateralism, it is increasingly bargaining through absence. It is re-pricing cooperation, reducing external constraints, and renegotiating the terms of global governance. Washington’s recent behavior toward multilateral institutions is not an episodic withdrawal, it constitutes a strategic repertoire used to renegotiate the terms of international cooperation.
Fiker Institute hosted the Director General of b’huth (Dubai Public Policy Research Centre) Mohammed Baharoon and Associate Professor of Political Science at NYU Abu Dhabi Adam Ramey to discuss what is at stake for Gulf security, shifting alliances, and the broader balance of power.
States are increasingly reverting to economic coercion in international politics. The sweeping use of sanctions and – particularly since President Trump’s second term in office – tariffs to influence other states is evidence of its growing salience. Economic coercion refers to the use of economic tools – specifically economic restrictions – to coerce a foreign government, actor, or entity […]
