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Patrick Kabanda argues that the Covid-19 pandemic provides a rare opportunity to rethink how tourism could contribute to cultural dignity and planetary well-being.
The 27th…
While the plight of internal migrant workers has been noticed, international law has not yet recognized the distinctive nature of their mobility.
The displacement of millions of…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat on China's Potential in the Middle-East.
China’s growing soft-power endeavours in the Middle East have been reported by many analysts. Indeed, it cannot…
This post is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access an early view of the full article,…
This blog is based on a new paper published in the forthcoming special issue of Global Policy, edited by C2G. To access the full early view article please …
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
Simon Tormey unpicks the possible reasons underpinning UK's unusual preferred choice for its post-Brexit trade envoy.
The rumour that Tony Abbott, the controversial former…
Jon Harle argues that we must expand whose knowledge counts and what types of evidence is valued to address pandemics.
Many of the inequities which COVID-19 has…
Ibrahim Ozdemir argues that a proposed British law far out paces anything the yet seen from the European Union and may even set a global precedent.
While the EU has…
Chris Price explores how supply chains must adapt to a post-pandemic protectionism.
When the pandemic dies down, trade will become the biggest threat to global supply chains…
In our continual search for evidence-based decision making we must also maintain our ability to manage and tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity. Not every move we make…
Human Geopolitics: States, Emigrants, and the Rise of Diaspora Institutions by Alan Gamlen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 352 pp., £65 hardcover 978-0-19-883349-9
In an…
Trade can be a driver of growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction. But rather than automatic, the process requires trade policies that are dynamic, inclusive and…
Cecilia Berlanga Alessio Robles deconstructs the claims that “Gender Equality as Smart Economics”.
The “business case” for gender equality and women’s empowerment has…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…