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18 November 2024
The G20 team is left scratching their heads at why a beautiful natural wonder would carry the branding of an oil major. Ah, Shell. Tax-dodging extraordinaires who could put even…
18 November 2024
The G20 Team in Brasil explore the temporary break in Rio's grim contradiction between the haves and the have-nots. On arrival in Rio de Janeiro, you could be excused for not…
18 November 2024
The UK budget last week implemented a significant cut to the UK’s aid budget this year. In this blog, I examine this cut within the context of the new government’s commitments and…
17 November 2024
The G20 Team in Brasil worry that the Lula government’s lack of focus on the media does not portend well for the success of this G20. The barometer of success at any G20 summit…
14 November 2024
Beyond Shareholder Primacy: Remaking Capitalism For A Sustainable Future by Stuart L. Hart. Stanford: Stanford University Press, Stanford Business Books 2024. 369 pp., $35…
13 November 2024
Ashfaq Zaman argues that the Global South understands climate change better than anyone because they have to live with it. Trump’s election victory was met by groans by…
11 November 2024
Bruno Galmar discusses global AI governance, drawing insights from the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in mobile telephony. As a young telecommunications engineer two…
11 November 2024
Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January will have far-reaching implications, not only for the democratic system in the United States but also for global…
07 November 2024
The first Labour budget in 14 years says it won't even try to meet the 0.7% of GNI benchmark till 2030. UK aid used to be the poster child of how development should be done. How…
06 November 2024
Isaac Solomon outlines the existential threat of climate change faced by the Caribbean and why wealthy nations at COP29 have a moral duty to step up to the plate and provide…