On the international stage, if you have to put your hand out for assistance, it means you have no say: Vivian Balakrishnan

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The global landscape is shifting from unipolarity to multipolarity, from free trade to protectionism, from multilateralism to unilateralism, from globalization to hyper-nationalism, from openness to xenophobia, and from optimism to anxiety. Major powers are increasingly narrowing their focus on national interests, opting for a more transactional and, at times, coercive approach, according to Foreign Affairs […]