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Jianyong Yue revisits the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown through a developmental lens and invites reflection on the longer-term consequences of privileging stability over political…
Liana Ghukasyan argues that what we need now is not a return to the past, but a reinvention, and explores what that may entail.
Multilateralism is bruised but not broken. The…
Elkhan Nuriyev outlines three potential scenarios for the unfolding conflict.
The Middle East has once again been plunged into the flames of open conflict. Following …
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat on how unchecked privatization is turning a sacred duty into a business transaction.
In late May, Heri Kiswanto boarded a plane to Jeddah alongside his…
Mark Beeson on the Gordian Knot preventing action on climate change.
We’re now a quarter of the way through the twenty-first century and it’s uncontroversial to say it’s…
Sandhya Venkateswaran explores opportunities for advancing health equity through strategic cooperation and diplomacy.
A pandemic agreement, laying out principles of…
In Part 2 of a short series, this post looks at the loss of employment, domestically within the U.S. and USAID and internationally among implementing partners, NGOs and…
Mukesh Kapila unpicks Gate's technocratic approach to philanthropy.
Bill Gates is soothing his 200-billion-dollar headache by giving his fortune away over the next two decades.…
This is the tenth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'The Triple Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus: In Context and Everyday Perspective', edited by Marina…
This is the eighth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations'. Dorcas Fakile and Taylar Carty highlight some of the pressing issues…
Jianyong Yue argues that Trump’s return to the White House offers China a fleeting but strategic chance to reshape the international order.
As President Biden’s term winds down,…
Nayef Al-Rodhan argues that critical militarisation and binary zero-sum paradigms in space won’t make us safer – they will only increase our vulnerability.
As the United States…
Aaron Martin and Quito Tsui on the risks of an unprepared humanitarian sector utilising low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity for critical humanitarian activities.
There is a notable…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama explore the political and strategic risks that come with China-Indonesia relations.
On May 16, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met…
Ilan Manor and Giles Strachan explore what happens when diplomacy is reduced to lines of code.
One of the defining characteristics of Quantum Mechanics is its assertion that…