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The crisis in the Middle East and what it reveals about global order

Global South Perspectives Network
Dialogue
22 April, 2026

There is an increasing sense that the war in the Middle East is revealing more than a crisis in the regional order. The latest escalation, where the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which in turn attacked the Gulf states, is being considered not only for the various and immediate consequences. It is also illustrative…

Dissecting China’s Global Governance Initiative: Reflections on a System Caught Between Inertia and Transformation

Global South Perspectives Network
World , Global Governance , Dialogue
12 December, 2025

The international system today carries the feel of an era that has outlived its own assumptions. Institutions built with the optimism of 1945 continue to stand, yet their foundations no longer align with the world taking shape around them. The gravitational pull that once held the system together, its shared purpose, its post-war coherence, has…