The international landscape in mid-2025 is characterized by a retreat from liberal institutionalism, exemplified by the United States’ withdrawal from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its adoption of transactional, power-based international relations, and its potential withdrawal from some multilateral bodies. In this context, this paper argues that traditional models of universal multilateralism are increasingly untenable, and that new forms of collective action grounded in shared interests and normative alignment are both necessary and feasible. This paper focuses on developing the concept of ‘like-minded internationalism’ as a response to the erosion of multilateral cooperation in a period marked by geopolitical contestation and the resurgence of nationalist foreign policies. Drawing on two illustrative cases—UNITAID, a global health financing mechanism, and the High Ambition Coalition, a climate and environmental diplomacy initiative—the paper outlines the characteristics, formation, and operational logic of like-minded internationalism. The paper concludes by considering implications for the future of global development (cooperation). We argue that the ‘Plan B’ presented is not a retreat from multilateralism, but an adaptive response to its breakdown—one rooted in coalitional agency, institutional pluralism, and strategic pragmatism.
The international landscape in mid-2025 is characterized by a retreat from liberal institutionalism, exemplified by the United States’ withdrawal from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its adoption of transactional, power-based international relations, and its potential withdrawal from some multilateral bodies. In this context, this paper argues that traditional models of universal multilateralism are increasingly untenable, and that new forms of collective action grounded in shared interests and normative alignment are both necessary and feasible. This paper focuses on developing the concept of ‘like-minded internationalism’ as a response to the erosion of multilateral cooperation in a period marked by geopolitical contestation and the resurgence of nationalist foreign policies. Drawing on two illustrative cases—UNITAID, a global health financing mechanism, and the High Ambition Coalition, a climate and environmental diplomacy initiative—the paper outlines the characteristics, formation, and operational logic of like-minded internationalism. The paper concludes by considering implications for the future of global development (cooperation). We argue that the ‘Plan B’ presented is not a retreat from multilateralism, but an adaptive response to its breakdown—one rooted in coalitional agency, institutional pluralism, and strategic pragmatism.
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten, high-speed low-level and dangerous recon role during a time the world was on the brink. Backyard Threat On Oct. 14, 1962, United States Air Force Major Richard Heyser flew a Lockheed U-2 belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from Edwards Air Force […]
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The completion of the Flight Performance Handling & Qualification testing is a key milestone in proving the jet’s airworthiness with consistent performance for the full flight envelope. Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC)’s RAPCON-X aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (A-ISR) aircraft successfully completed its initial Flight Performance Handling & Qualification flight testing, the company announced on May […]
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Les dépenses prévues cette année par l'Allemagne en matière de défense et d'infrastructures pourraient bien lui faire dépasser la limite fixée par l'UE pour le déficit public, a reconnu le ministre allemand des Finances lundi 12 mai.
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L'eurodéputé Tomas Tobé (PPE) propose la création d'une agence européenne pour lutter contre la désinformation étrangère. L’objectif : renforcer la résilience de l’UE face à l'ingérence étrangère, notamment en période électorale.
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Les présidents des commissions du Parlement européen ont demandé à la présidente de l'institution, Roberta Metsola, de s'opposer officiellement à la décision de la Commission européenne de retirer quatre propositions législatives de son programme de travail pour 2025.
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Le Danemark et l’Italie cherchent à convaincre d’autres pays européens de cosigner une lettre critiquant la Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme pour être allée « trop loin » dans son interprétation du droit, en particulier sur les questions migratoires.
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