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Check out if Wikimedia Foundation is in the Top 100 NGOs 2013 Edition! Revolutionizing the way knowledge is shared. 20 million articles written in 282 languages. “Imagine a world in which every single human being ...
Should democratic governments step into the sovereign affairs of other states in order to prevent genocide or mass killings?During World War II, German cleric Dietrich Bonhoeffer actively conspired against Hitler to resist the persecution ...
The Asylum, Renegades Who Hijacked the World’s Oil Market Leah McGrath Goodman, Harper Collins, $27.99 From its home in lower Manhattan, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) –the world’s largest physical commodity ...
On January 19 in Geneva, Mr Lamberto Zannier, the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and Mr Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Director-General of the UN Office in Geneva were holding ...
The World Economic Forum 2012, scheduled for January 25-29 in the remote Alpine resort of Davos, will take place against the backdrop of the world’s somber economic and political realities. For her third visit ...
The Assembly of European Regions is organizing a conference on “The Road to Rio: Regions Building the Green Economy” in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 7th, 2012. Geneva is the chosen city for R20’s events ...
In the United States, the battle over Internet governance is on. Two days before the web ‘’blackout’’, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia tweeted: ‘’Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday ...
The French government has set the target of providing enough offshore wind capacity to power millions of homes. A consortium led by Iberdrola, a leading Spanish energy company, has announced (January 12) the submission of ...
Abu Dhabi once again welcomed the delegates of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) on January 16. This three-day gathering represents an annual meeting of energy sector experts, committed to the global advancement of energy ...
Take away what people need to live - food, water, shelter and gasoline - and there's bound to be trouble. The government of Nigeria has learned this the hard way after it decided to end fuel ...
For China, the start of the New Year marks its renewed commitment towards building a strong strategic partnership with the African continent. A few days into 2012, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yang Jiechi ...
The chief of Russia’s consumer protection agency, Gennady Onishenko, warned that his country might limit the import of Ukrainian agricultural products by May 2012. The announcement came after an initiative by the Ukrainian authorities ...
This paper is based on a speech given at a conference with the University of Geneva and the Latsis Foundation in December 2011. It has been edited by Professor Fukuyama for The Global Journal. I ...
As the world focuses its attention on the horrors of Kim Jong Il's rule, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) uploads three important talks given at the Oslo Freedom Forum to take you behind the ...
Introduction Today, most governments are focused on understanding the economic growth they rely on, and take strong measures to sustain this growth. Why are they so focused on this element? It is very clear that ...
2012 has been declared the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. Capturing one of Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s priorities in his second term, it seeks to meet three objectives by 2030: Ensuring universal access ...
The Triumph of Politics, The Return of the Left in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, George Philip & Francisco Panizza, Wiley and Polity Books, 19.20 € Of course everybody remembers Hugo Chàvez’ notorious speech at the ...
The Southern Tiger, Chile’s Fight for a Peaceful and Democratic Future Ricardo Lagos, Palgrave MacMillan, $28.00, £16.99 In this book Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile, gives an extraordinary account of his ...
Food, Jennifer Clapp, Wiley and Polity Books, 15.60 € The latest food crisis is the triggering factor for a deep reflection on the forces that control the global food system. When food prices undergo a ...
More With Less: Maximizing Value in the Public Sector Bernard Marr & James Creelman, Palgrave Macmillan, $42.00, £27.00 The legendary organization management guru Peter Drucker once proclaimed that “change is like death and taxes ...
Internal Colonization, Russia’s Imperial Experience Alexander Etkind, Wiley and Polity Books, 21,60 € Walls have often been used not only to defend one’s people from foreign attacks but also and especially to keep ...
Confronting Equality, Gender, Knowledge and Global Change Raewyn Connell, Polity Books, 19.20 € Want to have a vastly different perspective on the meaning of social justice? Raewyn Connell’s new book gathers her more recent ...
Jeremy Rifkin, author and social activist with master plans, talks to The Global Journal about the Third Industrial Revolution, and how to bring it about. How would you define yourself? My dad asked me that ...
An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar Taryn Simon with a forword by Salman Rushdie, an introduction by Elisabeth Sussman and Tina Kukielsky and a commentary by Ronald Dworkin, Steidl, 65 € Published in 2007 ...
Just what is a non-government organization? While an obvious first question to ask when compiling a list of the type that fills the following pages, the search for an answer is less straightforward than one ...
In the vast land where the merchant Marco Polo once traveled to trade with the court of Kublai Khan, a new commerce in precious metals has begun. Foreign companies are moving into Mongolia to prospect ...
Leah McGrath Goodman, author of The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World’s Oil Market, talks to the Global Journal about the self-anointed kings of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the floating trading ...
In The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution, his latest book, Professor Fukuyama takes risks – encounters with historians can be confrontational if one is not an expert in their specialized ...
The screening of the movie The Whistleblower comes to an end. In the dark room, the atmosphere is heavily charged with disgust and indignation. Massive applause blasts out from a fully filled theatre, both to ...
"The first thing in your life here is the weather,” says Iris Kramer. A musician from Hamburg, married to an Icelander, Kramer is in a café waiting to hear if the plane to her husband ...
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