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This is the second of a four-part Global Policy blog series that seeks to spark new ways of thinking about digitally-mediated activism. It engages Timms and Heimans’ New/Old Power…
Talks between Russia and the west have failed. Moscow has described the situation in Ukraine as “intolerable” and “a matter of life or death”. The US president, Joe Biden, has…
I sat down recently with Ayesha Khan, who works with the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachi, Pakistan. She is author of The Women’s Movement in Pakistan:…
This is the first of a four-part Global Policy blog series that seeks to spark new ways of thinking about digitally-mediated activism. It engages Timms and Heimans’ New/Old Power…
Abdur Rehman Cheema argues that sufficient gender disaggregated data is available in Pakistan, the challenge remains how to use this data to improve gender equality.
Sustainable…
States, Markets, and Foreign Aid by Simone Dietrich. Cambridge University Press. 2001. ISBN: 9781009007290
Back in the day, when I was doing advocacy on trade and globalization, I…
Josh Ettinger on the power and pitfalls of using satire to change the narrative.
The global top three programmes on Netflix currently include the heroic quest of a…
“We were so hopeful last March when the UN Open-Ended Working Group agreed to endorse all 11 of us voluntary, non-binding norms of responsible state behavior.”
With apologies to…
As the corona pandemic hit households worldwide, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Italy and Spain turned to the basic income scheme, offering no-strings-attached payments to…
Emerging Powers and the World Trading System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law by Gregory Shaffer. Cambridge University Press, 2021. 250 pp., £74.99 hardcover…
This OpenDemocracy article is part of their series for the annual and global 16 Days of activism against gender-based violence published in collaboration with the Women…
Alex Connock reports on a debate at the celebrated Oxford Union at which an AI participated.
Not a day passes without a fascinating snippet on the ethical challenges created…
Maurizio Geri argues that the world needs to support Iranian civil society to ensure a solution to Lebanon's ongoing crisis.
France and Saudi Arabia’s new joint…
The United Nations' "International Human Rights Day" serves as a reminder of the rights that every human being should have from birth. In reality, the day underscores the world…
Joel Sadhu reflects on 10+ years of experience and lessons learned from GPPi’s dialogue activities, focusing on Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral…