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The Concertation Impulse in World Politics: Contestation over Fundamental Institutions and the Constrictions of Institutionalist International Relations by Andrew F Cooper. Oxford…
In an area dominated by discussions about devastating wars and humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality on social media, Liana Ghukasyan makes the case that it is…
Over thirteen years, Bashar al-Assad's regime has committed numerous crimes against humanity in Syria, including the killing of civilians, and the displacement of inhabitants.…
Brian Stoddart unpicks why international education finds itself under attack and argues for a new approach.
Global affairs have likely reached yet another major inflection…
Duncan Green overviews a radical proposal for the UK in a changing world.
Just been reading The World in 2040: Renewing the UK’s Approach to International Affairs. In many ways,…
The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance: Perceptions, Actors, Innovations edited by Lena Partzsch. Bristol: Bristol University Press 2024. 372 pp., £26.99 paperback…
An introduction to four recent E-Books from Global Policy's partnership with the Observer Research Foundation. Each is free to download from the links below.
Future Warfare…
Manuel Francisco Sambo argues that the SADC’s counterterrorism mission pulled out of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province despite violence still raging due to deficiencies in global…
Duncan Green on lessons hard won.
The photo I dug up for Tuesday’s post of me wandering about in rainswept paddyfields in Vietnam got me thinking about a recurrent theme…
Robert Wade explores how Brazil is playing up G20 hosting role as a symbol of its deserved high status in the hierarchy of nations, and as a way to gain legitimacy for…
Camila Teixeira introduces a recent report exploring the complexities of youth protest to understand both their promise and their challenges.
In recent years, more young people…
Kamilia Amdouni unpacks some of the major concerns raised by civil society groups on the new European law, and shares insights on potential future development.
Last March, the…
An Interview with Isabelle Moulin, CIR, Matsue-City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
As instructors, how can we better prepare the next generation of city, citizen, and public…
The Other of Climate Change: Racial Futurism, Migration, Humanism by Andrew Baldwin. Lanham and London: Rowman and Littlefield 2022. 224 pp., £92 hardcover 978-1-78661-450-6, £30…
In the latest of this series of podcasts with UN and other aid leaders making change happen on the frontline, I talked to Federico Dessi of Humanity & Inclusion, about a…