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As global health crises compound, the current lack of progress on health equity and other pressing issues will have grim consequences. But there are steps policymakers can take to…
Seth Schindler and Kevin Ward examine recent efforts of the US State Department to encourage cities across the US to engage in ‘subnational diplomacy,’ and support Washington’s…
Glauco Ortolano responds to Alfredo Toro Hardy's recent article to argue that Latin America is at the core of the new Western Civilization.
There is not a term…
Two centuries ago, Washington warned European powers, primarily the British Empire, against undermining its security throughout the Americas, from Canada to Patagonia. Thus…
Saman Rizwan on why the Act must be backed-up by action in other fields to ensure it does not leave Tibetans out to dry.
After President Biden signed the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’…
The challenges facing the next class of EU legislators are significant. ENSURED's Dylan Macchiarini Crosson on what the election means for the EU's role in global governance.…
Issues like geopolitical gridlock and complex trade agendas hamper the World Trade Organization in fulfilling its mandate. What happened at the recent conference? And what role…
Issues like geopolitical gridlock and complex trade agendas hamper the World Trade Organization in fulfilling its mandate. What happened at the recent conference? And what role…
ENSURED has an exciting 30 months ahead. As we get started, we want to reflect on the questions that set the project in motion and what is coming down the pipeline.
To tackle…
Liana Ghukasyan argues that a leadership fit for contemporary challenges must be visionary and inclusive, whilst willing to collaborate and distribute decision-making…
Global Policy's Tom Kirk introduces his new chapter for the How Change Happens’ 2nd Edition, published last week.
When I was invited to contribute a chapter on…
Liberalism and the Challenge of Climate Change by Christopher Shaw. Abingdon and New York: Routledge 2024. 148 pp., £135 hardcover 9781138615045, £36.99 paperback 9781138615069, £…
Anticipating a second term for Trump, Karl T. Muth argues that some immigration is in the national interest and strategically vital.
I make here the controversial…
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…