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Writing for Global Policy Next Generation, Nma Chinaza Agada analyses the roles that cross-sectoral environmental, social and governance laws can play in tackling institutional…
As diplomats meet in Madrid for COP-25, Martha Molfetas argues that its time to put our money where our mouths are. You can see the writing on the sea walls – climate change is…
The World’s Most Prestigious Prize: The Inside Story of the Nobel Peace Prize, by Geir Lundestad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 229 pp., £18.99 hardcover 9780198841876…
Cedric de Coning and Jon Harald Sande Lie argue for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy's award whilst warning of the difficulties ahead. Today Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…
Earthquakes continue to be the deadliest type of disasters in developing countries. In particular, more than two-third (67.60%) of the earthquake deaths, since the new millennium…
The political marketplace model provides an important corrective to the dominant liberal narrative of how weak and failed states operate. It identifies the real incentives and…
Megan Dee argues that NATO needs to add substance to its recent rhetoric.  Anniversaries are meant to be a celebration. They represent a moment of reflection – a marker, a…
Immigration has formed a key part of political discourse in recent years. With this in mind, it is relevant to examine the extent of division elicited by the issue. Both voting…
Introducing the GGF's three final interactive reports. The Global Governance Futures program (GGF) brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years and think of ways to…
Fatih Birol introduces the findings of the World Energy Outlook 2019 report. More than 40 years after the International Energy Agency (IEA) published the first edition…