The UN at 75: Redundant or still relevant?
By Stephen Hoadley “It is clear to me that the world in the 21st century will be better off with the United Nations as its premier international institution than without it.” The United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945 and came...
Why uncertainty requires a new politics
By Ian Scoones & Andrew Stirling Governments haven’t found the magic formula for predicting the way people and diseases will interact with each other. Are you getting used to uncertainty? The feeling that things are uncertain – in financial markets, cities, the...
Will COVID-19 transform world politics?
By Steve Hoadley Will the current COVID-19 outbreak stimulate further international cooperation as did the infections of the 20th Century, or will it undermine cooperation, weaken regimes and alter geopolitics as did the epidemics of the prior two millennia? We humans...
What will a post-COVID-19 world look like?
By Ian Goldin & Robert Muggah The world before this coronavirus and after cannot be the same, according to Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah. With COVID-19 infections now evident in 176 countries, the pandemic is the most significant threat to humanity since the second...
Q+A: Getting the message across: What is public diplomacy?
What is public diplomacy, and how effective can it be? While it has a long history, the study of public diplomacy is only becoming more salient in an age of globalisation and increasing digital communication posing both new challenges and opportunities for...
Q+A: What is the future of the United Nations in the Trump era?
The United Nations is facing multiple stressors, but among the largest is the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has expressed hostility toward the organisation. What does the future hold for the United Nations? What does it mean for the programmes...
Is Trumpism the end of globalism? 🔊
The new mood of anti-globalism around the world often focuses on the fear of immigrants and the effects of global trade. From Brexit to the rise of the right in Europe and the triumph of Trump in the United States, citizens of the very regions of the world that have...Subscribe by Email
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