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Hakob Gabrielyan outlines measures to protect civilians in Karabakh. On 19 September 2023 Azerbaijan announced the launch of “anti-terrorist operation” in the disputed…
Esther Brito Ruiz on how the situated knowledge and networks of local women can create more resilient, tailored, and effective responses in the face of complex emergencies. The…
Duncan Green shares work-in-progress for the 2nd edition of his book, with a guest chapter on digital activism from Global Policy's Tom Kirk. I spent the summer toiling…
Power and Progress. Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. PublicAffairs. 2003. I started reading Power and…
Frustrated by decades of inaction on global warming, Les Coleman finds that its adverse impacts are concentrated in particular areas and so are best tackled by the proven strategy…
Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century by David Allen. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2023. 344 pp. £39.95 hardcover…
Pablo J. Varela introduces the Global Development Network's upcoming 2023 conference on 'Biodiversity and Sustainable Development' (31st October - 1st November). The…
In April 2022, a report by the investigative news outlet Inside Story revealed that the Greek financial journalist and editor Thanasis Koukakis had been targeted by "Predator"…
It has been over a decade since the first G20 Summit was held in Washington DC. While much progress has been made on key global issues, gender inequality remains a significant…
Swati Prabhu and Malancha Chakrabarty explore increasing enthusiasm for triangular development partnerships to counter China. For a long time, the international development…