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There has been remarkable proliferation of the use of the term “social impact” since the Global Financial Crisis. Businesses, investors, consumers and governments want to act…
Matthias Wasinger elaborates on the essential requirements-based approach towards “America First”, contradicting “America Alone” due to the strategic environment.
Since the…
The Conservative Party’s victory in the UK’s general election was keenly watched elsewhere across Europe. Stuart Brown presents an overview of analysis and reactions…
Eighteen years ago the head of the UK’s military warned against relying on military solutions alone. But governments still aren’t listening.
Things are not going as well in…
Writing for Global Policy Next Generation, Nma Chinaza Agada analyses the roles that cross-sectoral environmental, social and governance laws can play in tackling institutional…
As diplomats meet in Madrid for COP-25, Martha Molfetas argues that its time to put our money where our mouths are.
You can see the writing on the sea walls – climate change is…
The World’s Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize, by Geir Lundestad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 229 pp., £18.99 hardcover 9780198841876…
Cedric de Coning and Jon Harald Sande Lie argue for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy's award whilst warning of the difficulties ahead.
Today Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…
Earthquakes continue to be the deadliest type of disasters in developing countries. In particular, more than two-third (67.60%) of the earthquake deaths, since the new millennium…
The political marketplace model provides an important corrective to the dominant liberal narrative of how weak and failed states operate. It identifies the real incentives and…