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Asia-Pacific Middle Powers: Holding the Line in Global Development Governance

By Taekyoon Kim

A World in Interregnum

We are living through what Antonio Gramsci once called an interregnum – a moment when the old order is collapsing but a new one has yet to be born. The liberal international order (LIO), once anchored by the United States and European leadership, is fraying under multiple pressures: authoritarian resurgence, populist nationalism, widening global inequality, accelerating climate change, and recurring global health crises.

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US Abdication of Leadership and the “Rise of the Rest”: What does this Mean for International Cooperation?

By Brendan M. Howe / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series

US Abdication of Leadership and Geopolitical Challenges

The demise of the liberal international order (LIO) is a prominent topic of conversation among contemporary academics and practitioners. The first administration of Donald Trump disdained multilateralism in all forms and dealt global governance a serious blow. Joe Biden’s single-term administration, despite recommitting to some of the inter-national accords from which Trump had signalled an intention to withdraw, exacerbated rather than alleviated international concerns about US leadership (or a lack thereof).

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Development in the Trump Era: What’s Next for Global Development Cooperation?

By Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series

The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reignited deep uncertainty about the trajectory of global development cooperation. Long before 2025, the multilateral system was already under pressure. But Trump’s second term marks a normative rupture: the retreat of the United States not just from global leadership, but from the very principles of internationalism, multilateralism, and development solidarity it once helped to construct.

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Trumpist Before it was Cool: How the Czech Far Right Drove Aid Cuts from Fringe to Mainstream

By Ondřej Horký-Hlucháň

The current dismantling of the post-war aid system owes a lot to far-right politicians and political parties, with Donald Trump as the current leader of the pack. The Finns Party discussed in this EADI Blog is a prime example of their impact once they secure minister seats. The Czech case, however, shows that significant aid cuts can be easily initiated from a few parliamentary benches.

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Navigating the Tipping Point: Four Futures for Global Development Cooperation

By Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series

The global system of development cooperation is in a state of flux. In a new policy brief we discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical shifts, contested norms, and institutional upheaval. The brief argues that the crisis is not a mere cyclical downturn, or nor is it only about money, but a fundamental reordering of the global development landscape. In short, a “tipping point” in the sense of a dramatic moment when incremental changes coalesce into a transformative shift, for better or worse, is in the offing. We ask what might come next.

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