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Global Governance Futures 2030 fellow Ryo Ishida on why Japan's cities are fit for its aging population. We often hear how rapidly the population is growing in many cities, and…

“What are the limits to the emerging orthodoxy of ‘going with the grain’, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected environments where the state may not be the primary…

The people using their money and time to achieve a goal long sought by elites and dreamers.  Somewhere in Silicon Valley, a man wakes early with the sunrise. Venturing into the…

For the G20 and this week’s big climate change gabfest in Poland, Kate Raworth pulled together this smart piece on where the world’s countries have got to on living inside the…

Twitter has become a key communication tool for world leaders, but how does the impact of tweets on financial markets compare to the impact of traditional news? Based on a new…

Book Review – The Global Climate Regime and Transitional Justice by Sonja Klinsky and Jasmina Brankovic. London: Routledge, 2018. 196 pp., £92 hardcover 9780415786027 The debate…

Hong Kong is witnessing a growth in responsible investing that takes into consideration environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Can it leverage its financial hub…

Digital technologies are a force that provide considerable economic, social, environmental and political challenges in addition to opportunities. The G20 talks in Argentina in…

Cryptocurrencies have been placed on the G20 agenda for the first time during the Argentinian presidency. This is in response to a number of perceived risks to financial stability…

The technology of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is progressing rapidly, but have we really thought through how they’ll work in reality? In its report on AVs in Australia, Austroads (…