[T]he U.S. led postwar order is unravelling. In its place, a contest for influence and legitimacy is gathering pace, with China eager to fill the vacuum.
President Donald Trump is calling on people to distrust environmental measures and ... the scientific community. He will have to prove there are no floods caused by unrelenting rain ...and that the wildfires in his country have not been caused by ... climate change.
[I]n a world of interdependence, international cooperation and the strengthening of multilateral institutions will be vital to preventing competition leading to conflict.
The relationship between Israel and the U.S. is increasingly marked by complexity and asymmetry: West Jerusalem continues to pursue its goals ... while Washington, despite growing fatigue with the conflict, remains reluctant to openly confront Netanyahu.