By barring Russian athletes from competing under the Russian flag, the International Olympic Committee demonstrated its power as a global norm-maker. Now, sporting federation leaders are seeking to distance their games from geopolitics.
With her party now holding a majority in the Lower House, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi turns to managing Japan's relationships with the United States, China, and Korea.
Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri joins BBC News to discuss Starmer's trip to Beijing and what it signals about the UK-China relationship moving forward.
News that the World Economic Forum may come down from the mountain is symbolic of the end of an era but also signals the beginning of new thinking about internationalism. In Davos, Trump, Carney, and Zelenskyy offered competing visions for the future international order.
Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri joins CNN from the World Economic Forum in Davos to unpack the rising tensions within the transatlantic partnership over Greenland.
"It's a psychological need that he has, not a need that is driven by US national interests," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel says of US President Trump's aim to take control of Greenland.
