LSE: The Ballpark | Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz

LSE: The Ballpark | Rethinking the 1990s with Professors G. John Ikenberry and Peter Trubowitz

The 1990s were an important decade. They saw the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, falling trade barriers, an expanding capitalist democratic order and the rise of what came to be called the liberal international order.

LSE: The Ballpark | EU-China relations in the Trump era with Noah Barkin

The last two decades have seen significant growth in the relationship between China and the EU. Now, China is the EU’s biggest import and third-largest export partner. But this relationship is becoming increasingly one sided.

LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the unmaking of Europe with Professor Nathalie Tocci

While Trump’s foreign policy record has not been very successful elsewhere as wars continue to rage in Ukraine and in the Middle East, the exception is Europe which Trump seems to want to divide and weaken.

LSE: The Ballpark | China under siege: how Beijing sees the United States with Dr Yu Jie

The last decade has seen a period of prolonged competition between the US and China with China continuing to grow economically and pursue technological self-reliance while the US attempts to hinder this growth through measures like export controls.

LSE: The Ballpark | Donald Trump and the future of US-EU relations with Professor Kathleen McNamara

Donald Trump’s first presidential term meant that many allies, including in the EU and Europe, were forced to consider the possibility that the United States could no longer be a reliable partner in global affairs.