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George Kibala Bauer argues that we must seek nuanced perspectives, engage with local realities, and transcend the Western gaze when reporting on Covid and Africa.…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
Insofar as the world economy was already on a fragile, unsustainable path, COVID-19 clarifies the challenges we face and the decisions we must make. The fate of the world economy…
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism by Wendy Liu. Repeater. 2020.
Amongst the turmoil of recent years, there are perhaps two broad overriding…
Juergen Braunstein and Sachin Silva argue that sovereign wealth funds may be central to governments' efforts to balance public responsibility with private interests in…
Why it is increasingly important to interrogate the ways novel technologies are harnessed to address long-standing global sustainability issues.
New technologies are playing a…
African intellectuals are calling for a different discussion. Isn’t this the right time to propel changes that have often been postponed?
Confinements, lockdowns, social…
By almost any standard, East Asia has dealt with COVID-19 better than Europe and the United States so far: death rates are lower, healthcare systems have not been overwhelmed, and…
Dan Monafu argues experimentation with randomized methods could modernize the traditional granting process, increasing incentive for risk-taking and innovation.
If you’re ever…
Transboundary problems have usually been addressed through issue-specific international institutions, but this approach has left gaps where causal pathways exist across problems.…
Ernst Herb explores increasing calls for sovereign wealth funds to weather global crises.
The call for the creation of a Swiss sovereign wealth fund (SWF) has become louder…
It doesn't take a crystal ball to foretell the catastrophe awaiting the continent. But how did it get to this, and how do we get out of it?
Nobody in the world, least in Africa’s…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
Young people around the world are developing new technologies to help in the fight against COVID-19. These innovations include low-cost ventilators, 3D-printed medical supplies…
The number of countries in which state structures have collapsed seems to be growing. But is it really? Are these so-called failed states a threat to global security? And is there…