New Multilateralism for Promoting Equity and Global South Agency: Principles, politics and strategies for remaking the global health architecture
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Alicia Ely Yamin and their co-authors argue that…
Seizing Zaporizhzhia: A Meltdown in Nuclear Governance
This is not just about Ukraine. Robert Schuett argues that Russia’s…
How Should the World Deal with an Unpredictable, Autocratic America?
Mark Beeson urges the international community to organise a…
Zeitenwende enters the Twilight Zone of International Law
Cornelius Adebahr argues that we are creating a world without rules.…
Multilateralism at a Crossroads: Reimagining Cooperation in a Fragmented World
Liana Ghukasyan argues that what we need now is not a return to the…
Side Payments in World Politics: Theory and Practice
Scholars of world politics frequently highlight the importance of…
Feeling overlooked: A rural–urban divide in recognition
The farmers' protests sweeping across Europe during the early month…
Minimalist economic management, deferred revenue regime and aid dependency: Explaining contradictory post-war statebuilding aims
The paper analyses a contradiction in the liberal approach to post-…
Will the poverty-related UN Sustainable Development Goals be met? New projections
In this paper, we discuss the literature and consider the historical…
How to constitute global citizens' forums: Key selection principles
Once imagined as a theoretical possibility, global citizen…
Metatechnological Mapping and the Ye Wenjie Effect: Mitigating Civilizational Vulnerabilities
In a widely cited study in this Journal, Nick Bostrom has posed the…
Fit for purpose? Just Energy Transition Partnerships and accountability in international climate governance
This contribution examines whether just energy transition…
Informality and the governance dilemma: How institutional inter-linkages can bridge accountability gaps
States have increasingly relied on informal international…
A fairer and more resilient multilateral trading system will require a reinvigorated WTO
The multilateral trading system, first established formally in 1947…
Populism à la Carte: The paradoxical political communication of Narendra Modi on Twitter
How and where is democracy ‘hacked’? Studies examining the…
Against data individualism: Why a pandemic accord needs to commit to data solidarity
An accord to increase global pandemic preparedness is currently…
Mañana Today: A Long View of Economic Value Creation in Latin America
This commentary concerns the significant opportunities which the…
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: What are the Benefits for SMEs?
Extended reality (XR) has the potential to be a game‐changer for SMEs…
The US National Security Strategy: Competing for Supremacy in a Multipolar World with a Unipolar Strategy
Thirty years after becoming a hegemonic power, the United States of…
Behavioural Economics and International Development
Adam Smith is one the founding fathers of modern economics. It is…
Volume 16, Issue 2, May 2025
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Online Conference - The European Union in an Illiberal World
Building on themes in a recent special issue of GP, this 3rd June online conference seeks to examine the very varied issues facing the international community and the European Union in particular in this new illiberal world.
Podcasts - Politics in the Rearview Mirror
The podcast of the School of Government and International Affairs (SGIA) at Durham University. Drawing on the wide range of expertise of our academics and students, this podcast sets current affairs into context and explores the politics behind the news.
GP Opinion
Managing the war within. Robert Schuett argues that peace demands we live…
Alfredo Toro Hardy on how Trump is giving China a big boost in its aspirations…
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