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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…
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…