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Sumithra Prasanna explores how COVID-19 has brought long-standing tensions between individual freedoms, safety, democracy and the common good to the fore.
“When is coercion…
Muddassar Ahmed calls for more open communication between governments and international organizations to regain travellers’ trust in tourism hindered by COVID-19.
Sunday 27th of…
Martha Molfetas draws parallels between the deadly effects of popular responses to COVID-19 and climate change.
Scientists have been ringing the alarm bell on our climate…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Katja Lindskov Jacobsen explore how a tech-reliant humanitarian sector increasingly finds itself implicated in a global War on Data.
In 1971, the…
A new GP / EGG Essay from Carlos Fortín, Jorge Heine and Carlos Ominami asks what will the impact of a Second Cold War be on Latin America?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought…
BRI and International Cooperation in Industrial Capacity: Industrial Layout Study edited by Xu Shaoshi. London and New York: Routledge, 2020. 590 pp., 67 b/w Illust, £120…
Echoing a potential global trend, Dharish David and Simran Walia explore Japan's moves away from operating in China.
The desire for Japanese and Western business to wean their…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
A flawed understanding of the concept of “public good” hampers the fight for equitable access to the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine.
The term “global public good” has been used in very…
Alexander Butler takes an historical approach to the growing Cold War between the United States and China to argue that the West must do better to uphold its own…
Patrick Kabanda argues that the Covid-19 pandemic provides a rare opportunity to rethink how tourism could contribute to cultural dignity and planetary well-being.
The 27th…
While the plight of internal migrant workers has been noticed, international law has not yet recognized the distinctive nature of their mobility.
The displacement of millions of…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat on China's Potential in the Middle-East.
China’s growing soft-power endeavours in the Middle East have been reported by many analysts. Indeed, it cannot…
This post is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access an early view of the full article,…
This blog is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access the full early view article please …