What connects these seemingly disparate stories is a shared theme: the existing international order is being tested from multiple directions simultaneously. The Trump-Xi summit may determine the trajectory of US-China relations for years to come. The Kuwait-Iran incident raises the specter of further Gulf destabilization. Greece’s Ukrainian drone problem illustrates how even NATO allies can be caught in the crossfire of conflicts they are not directly fighting. And from Spain’s AI regulations to France’s health crises, governments everywhere are scrambling to manage risks that are evolving faster than policy can keep pace.
It is, in short, a world where the only constant is turbulence.
