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Recent words and deeds confirm Beijing’s readiness to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. However, its current dominance of the global strategic metals…
Abdoulie Ceesay, the Gambian Government's representative at COP28, argues that Niger shows why world leaders muct negotiate global agreements on both climate…
Despite its emphasis on strategic autonomy, India’s ties with the West have strengthened in recent years. As current G20 president, the country will host world leaders in New…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Kristoffer Lidén discuss the type of accountability challenges generative AI, such as Chat GPT, represents for humanitarian governance.
Introduction:…
Might something like a genuine world republic provide humanity with the tools to get a grip on existential perils like the climate emergency, runaway artificial intelligence, and…
Global Policymaking: The Patchwork of Global Governance by Vincent Pouliot and Jean-Philippe Thérien. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2023. 280 pp., £80 hardcover…
Flavia Bustreo, Rajat Khosla, Awa Marie Coll-Seck and Marleen Temmerlan argue that need for a transformational shift on gender equity in global health is urgent.
It is an…
Sam Pryke explores how globalisation aids Russia.
A feature of globalisation is that it affords the possibility for the redirection of the flows that are integral to it when they…
The 'Global South' has never been easy to define. Grouping such a diverse range of places together under a single label can seem simplistic. That's particularly true at a time…
Measuring progress by Gross Domestic Product leads straight to gender injustice, austerity and environmental ruin. Anam Parvez Butt and Alex Bush introduce a…
The UK will extract as much oil and gas from the North Sea as possible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said last week as he announced more than 100 new drilling licenses. Only a few…
Europe is placing insurmountable barriers in front of Africans trying to get visas to visit. This policy is denying people opportunities and doing Europe more harm than good…
The ESRS has been hailed as innovative, a watershed. We study its innovativeness relative to existing corporate sustainability policies and find that its not innovative in the…
Elise Stephenson and Susan Harris Rimmer explore new research on diversity within intelligence agencies and its implications.
In recent years, many global intelligence agencies…
David J. Hunter, Kyriaki Nanou and Heather Lodge report on how trade and health policy can collaborate.
The Global Policy Institute (GPI) at Durham University hosted and…