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“We were so hopeful last March when the UN Open-Ended Working Group agreed to endorse all 11 of us voluntary, non-binding norms of responsible state behavior.”
With apologies to…
As the corona pandemic hit households worldwide, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Italy and Spain turned to the basic income scheme, offering no-strings-attached payments to…
Emerging Powers and the World Trading System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law by Gregory Shaffer. Cambridge University Press, 2021. 250 pp., £74.99 hardcover…
This OpenDemocracy article is part of their series for the annual and global 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence published in collaboration with the Women…
Alex Connock reports on a debate at the celebrated Oxford Union at which an AI participated.
Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created…
Maurizio Geri argues that the world needs to support Iranian civil society to ensure a solution to Lebanon's ongoing crisis.
France and Saudi Arabia’s new joint…
The United Nations' "International Human Rights Day" serves as a reminder of the rights that every human being should have from birth. In reality, the day underscores the world…
Joel Sadhu reflects on 10+ years of experience and lessons learned from GPPi’s dialogue activities, focusing on Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral…
Tom Johansmeyer uses data from the United States to explore an unanticipated side effect of climate change.
Natural catastrophe events could threaten global climate change…
The World Bank just released a monster number crunch on the changing face of aid. ‘A Changing Landscape: Trends in official financial flows and the aid architecture’ covers ‘all…
How a systematic and strategic refusal to acknowledge the harm done to civilians undermines transparency, recognition and accountability for human suffering in remote wars.…
Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away… democracy was in danger. Our current political environment is filled with threats to democracy, from the rise of authoritarian…
Ayse Kaya and Olivia Stoetzer, accredited COP26 observers, summarise the summit and highlight the progress and tensions that led to its climate finance outcomes.
COP26 in…
Courtenay Cabot Venton provides a snapshot of perspectives from a large group of Global South leaders…
The world is currently at an inflection point that could enable the…
Although the economies of Hungary and Poland have by now completed their post-1989 transitions and have reached the developed economy status, their politics have derailed…