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John Brewer explores the meaning behind this year's winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.  Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize …
To date, labor clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home. Real change would require a significantly…
Iosif Kovras on Iceland's robust response to the last financial crisis.  It has been ten years since the global recession hit – and the perfect opportunity to rethink…
Jakob Vestergaard examines the future of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the euro's resilience. The season for speculation about the future leadership of…
Global Policy recently reposted two ‘think pieces’ by Steve Fuller (5th September 2018) and Johan Soderberg (7th September 2018) relating to the differences (or not) between…
Jodi Allemeier asks whether the increasing number of networks for cities are filling a critical governance gap and what the future may hold for them? There are over 200 networks…
Hosted by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the GLF brought together ILC members, activists, local and international NGOs and government agencies from around the world to…
How the rising clout of Russia and China, and regional international organisations, could bring stability to South Asia. Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan called in…
Book Review – War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2018. 432 pp., £14.50 hardcover…
Seth Schindler argues that countries embracing the Belt and Road Initiative may soon be forced to choose between the U.S. and China. Relations between the U.S. and China continue…