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Failures in moral leadership questions the nature of humanitarian engagement with power. Alasdair Gordon-Gibson argues that its compass must direct towards a path of participation…
Daniele Carminati investigates to what extent China’s Belt and Road Initiative could be seen as a collaborative alternative to coercive interdependence.
In 2019, Farrell and…
Amrita Narlikar and Gulshan Sachdeva explore the contradictions between India's international image and domestic animal rights policies.
A famous story from the Mahabharat still…
Authoritarian-led “dictator clubs” are reshaping multilateralism: pooling resources, shielding members from sanctions, and legitimising authoritarian rule. In The Dictators’ Club…
Robin Luckham argues that the two wars belong within and reinforce wider transformations in the global order.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and even more Israel’s assault on…
Mihail Evans on the forces supporting the worrying retreat from the treaty.
The Ottawa Treaty or to give it its full title, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,…
John Louis explores how middle and small powers can survive and thrive in outer space.
Humankind had always been curious about what lies beyond the stars and the skies. Various…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat argues that Indonesia and the UAE can build a model for South‑South cooperation.
Indonesia is home to some of the planet’s most vital tropical…
Bhavya Johari calls on for advocates, litigators, and policymakers to ensure that climate justice obligations encompass all members of society, particularly those most vulnerable…
This is the eleventh chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'The Triple Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus: In Context and Everyday Perspective', edited by…
As women face the greatest mental health burdens of war while driving recovery, Viktoriya Teliha and Susanne Schuett argue that mental health must be treated as a shared social…
Liana Ghukasyan explores the moral dilemma facing today’s humanitarians: when to speak out in the face of injustice, and when silence might preserve access and safety. Grounded in…
Recent development debates have largely centered on the steep reduction in financial resources triggered by the Trump administration. However, what remains insufficiently…
Daniel Clausen explores how cities are working around the deadlocks of state-level diplomacy.
In Beijing, Tokyo, Yokohama, and Taipei, the actions of cities on the global…
Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel outline a potential path forward rooted in progressive coalitions that cut across traditional North–South divides.
The return of Donald Trump to…