For many years, America enjoyed outsized influence in countries and regions around the world but this is no longer the case, as is clear from the EU’s deal with China. Can Joe Biden refurbish its global image?

Vaccines, the decline of populism and improved environmental policies are just some of the causes for hope as we head towards the new year

The Biden administration will hope to work with an EU that offers solutions, not more problems

With global politics shifting towards Asia and raw power replacing the old rules, the EU is looking increasingly vulnerable

The Chinese state’s willingness to exploit the pandemic to further its own aims is just one of the factors that has led to a European shift away from forming close ties with the superpower

Covid-19 has struck an international order that was already in crisis, and presents an opportunity to reshape that order

The current leadership has its work cut out to make interdependence feel safe again

The European Commission president needs to pass a number of tests to stop Europe being overshadowed by the US and China

The fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could determine not only whether the world’s most combustible region descends into a nuclear arms race, but also whether the Western political alliance can survive