Category: Global Topics

SANJAY M PATTANSHETTY, ANIRUDDHA INAMDAR, HELMUT BRAND In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the global health governance system has become a key area of concern for the G20 and other multilateral platforms. This comes at a time when the world has increasingly become volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. As a grouping of developed […]

Mark Leonard There is growing support for the idea that the world is experiencing not ‘deglobalisation’ but rather ‘re-globalisation’, owing to accelerating changes in energy and technology. Nonetheless, the differences between the next wave of globalisation and the last one will far outweigh the similarities. The next globalisation – European Council on Foreign Relations (ecfr.eu)

Joachim Monkelbaan Trade and investment emerged as an overarching theme at this year’s Annual Meeting in Davos. Geopolitical shocks, globalization, climate action and technology were some of the factors that emerged as likely to have a major impact on trade and investment in the coming months and years. Indigenous People’s role in global trade and […]

Davos 2023 featured city-led initiatives to improve urban development and local economies. Nature and circularity are the future of climate action in cities, led by urban innovators. Technology is driving urban transformation, but it must be secured through shared governance. Cities and local economies – takeaways from Davos 2023 | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Gender balance within functional tech leadership remains an unfulfilled promise, heightening the challenges of chief technology officer (CTO) and chief information officer (CIO) succession planning for chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief human resource officers (CHROs). Depending on which data set you use, typical female representation within functional tech leadership sits in the 15-25% range. […]

MARC DE TOLLENAERE In the last decade, nondemocratic regimes have received more development assistance than democratic countries. This reveals how donors struggle with autocratization despite a rhetorical commitment to democracy. Development Assistance in Different Political Regime Contexts – Carnegie Europe – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Wilson Center NOW is by Lauren Herzer Risi, Program Director of the Environmental Change and Security Program and Peter Schwartzstein, a Wilson Center Global Fellow and environmental journalist who reports on water, food security, and the conflict-climate nexus around the world. Climate Change and Migration: Reporting from Bangladesh, Moldova, and Senegal | Wilson Center

Ian Lesser The idea of a wider approach to transatlantic relations, emphasizing the place of the southern Atlantic and the importance of North-South ties is not new. It is rooted in the long history of Atlantic affairs. In recent years the “Atlantic Basin” approach has enjoyed a renaissance, but the context for the intellectual debate […]

Suryaputra Wijaksana The oil ‘price cap’ of US$60 per barrel for Russian oil is a controversial move by the European Union and G7. The price cap prohibits Western insurers and shipping companies, which account for more than 90 per cent of the marine insurance industry, from servicing vessels that carry Russian oil above US$60 per […]