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24 August 2023
Abdoulie Ceesay, the Gambian Government's representative at COP28, argues that Niger shows why world leaders muct negotiate global agreements on both climate…
24 August 2023
Despite its emphasis on strategic autonomy, India’s ties with the West have strengthened in recent years. As current G20 president, the country will host world leaders in New…
24 August 2023
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the type of accountability challenges generative AI, such as Chat GPT, represents for humanitarian governance. Introduction:…
21 August 2023
Might something like a genuine world republic provide humanity with the tools to get a grip on existential perils like the climate emergency, runaway artificial intelligence, and…
18 August 2023
Global Policymaking: The Patchwork of Global Governance by Vincent Pouliot and Jean-Philippe Thérien. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. 280 pp., £80 hardcover…
15 August 2023
Flavia Bustreo, Rajat Khosla, Awa Marie Coll-Seck and Marleen Temmerlan argue that need for a transformational shift on gender equity in global health is urgent. It is an…
15 August 2023
Sam Pryke explores how globalisation aids Russia. A feature of globalisation is that it affords the possibility for the redirection of the flows that are integral to it when they…
11 August 2023
The 'Global South' has never been easy to define. Grouping such a diverse range of places together under a single label can seem simplistic. That's particularly true at a time…
09 August 2023
Measuring progress by Gross Domestic Product leads straight to gender injustice, austerity and environmental ruin. Anam Parvez Butt and Alex Bush introduce a new Oxfam discussion…
08 August 2023
The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said last week as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few…