This year's RE:THINK Academy Magazine explores how power is shifting away from national capitals. From Duisburg's resilient China partnership to Budapest's Pride parade as an act of city diplomacy, the issue traces how cities, regions, and networks are increasingly shaping international affairs once reserved for states.

Highlights include Navid Kermani's harrowing account of the war in Sudan, Christoph Heusgen on Europe's fading strategic autonomy, and Mikko Huotari unpacking the "two Chinas" Europe must learn to read at once. Débora Prado examines Brazil's fractured climate federalism, while Angela Freimuth reflects on keeping transatlantic ties alive from Düsseldorf. Elsewhere: hydrogen diplomacy between the EU and South Korea, Germany's unresolved colonial reckoning with Namibia, and why young people may be the most underrated soft power asset of all.