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The trade debate is once again on top of the agenda, and will soon return as a subject of discussion for governments around the world. Only a few weeks after South Africa and Denmark announced ...
Cyprus, cognisant of its size and experience as a member state, wants its presidency of the European Union to be one that facilitates and navigates through the Union’s agenda without fanfare or grand statements ...
Ukraine has witnessed a new criminal case brought by Kyiv's tax authorities against Mykola Knyazhutskyi, the Managing Director of TBi. The case against the head of the most reputable television channels represents a government ...
Syria is a sharp reminder of precisely why we need a strong Arms Trade Treaty. The distressing scenes of ferocious and unrelenting military assaults on Syrian cities, are a sharp reminder that the world needs ...
A new UN-commissioned report warns that unless checked, environmental hazards could curb or even halt the good progress being made to raise developing nations out of poverty. The UNDP (UN Development Program) released its 2011 ...
What is the definition of an honest leader? To be able to anticipate both the worst and the best would seem a cardinal virtue. The smallest time bomb planted in the heart of an information ...
For the third year in a row, the three UN development agencies based in Rome - The FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization), WFP (World Food Program) and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) joined forces to publish ...
Peter Poschen works for the International Labor Organization (ILO) as the Director of Job Creation and Enterprise Development. He is the main author of the latest Green Jobs Report, Working Towards Sustainable Development. In his ...
At a time when most nations are trying to figure out how to stop Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad from killing his own people in a year-long struggle to stay in power, the Venezuelan government is ...
Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy appointed in February 2012 to solve the Syrian crisis, repeated on Wednesday (11 July) that the international community, failing to act with one voice, was less powerful ...
It appears that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is trying to buy votes in the upcoming presidential elections in three weeks. This week, Putin promised to increase the wages of teachers and doctors and improve ...
United States policy towards Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mbasogo, the dictator/president of Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea, is a perfect case study in the hypocrisy of Western leaders when it comes to African strongmen. Even as Hillary ...
“Get out, you miserable dog!” For Romanian President Traian Basescu, this has been the recurrent chorus of the people publicly protesting against him. In January this year, Romania saw a minor resurgence of the revolutionary ...
Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor of Political Science at The CUNY Graduate Center and Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies and also research professor at SOAS, University of London. He is ...
The Executive Director of the UN Environment Program and the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, Achim Steiner sat down with The Global Journal to discuss his views on the transition towards a green economy ...
Russian protestors took to the streets in Moscow over the past three days in Arab Spring-like protests alleging election fraud in Russia’s parliamentary elections, which took place on Sunday. But instead of Russia’s ...
China may not share a long border with Laos but the untapped resources of this beautiful, rural country present a temptation hard to resist. China has become Laos’ second largest investor and trading partner with ...
While driving in his car on the Dutch motorway, Rowdy Ter Voert, Account Manager for Grundfos water utility, one of the world’s leading pump manufacturers, received a call on his mobile with an unusual ...
A young Egyptian Red Crescent volunteer, in Geneva to attend the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (November 28-December 1), said that the current demonstrations in Tahrir Square are a warning to ...
After 40,000 Russians faced freezing temperatures and snow to protest on Saturday, President Dmitry Medvedev called for a probe into election fraud, which demonstrators allege took place during December's parliamentary elections. Despite Russian ...
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 ...
With the Rio+20 Conference steadily approaching, leaders and diplomats around the globe are preparing for the world’s latest attempt to reach an agreement on climate change. While the outcome remains uncertain, there is ...
Photo (from left to right) Rufus Yerxa, WTO; Pierre Maudet, Mayor of Geneva; Peter Schatzer, IOM; Winston Griffin, P&G; debate moderator Professor Elizabeth Prügl from The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ...
Afghanistan has been a region of continuous conflict for the past 30 years. Generations have grown up not knowing the meaning of a peaceful society. With 42% of the population younger than 15 years of ...
In a paper published today in Geneva, Switzerland, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) sets out its concerns about measures taken by the transitional authorities in Egypt, in particular the Supreme Council of Armed Forces ...
Does anyone still believe or wish for a peaceful settlement for Syria? If so today is a good moment to wonder whom this might be. In 16 months, 20,000 people have died in civil ...
Despite explosive economic growth, China’s civil society remains in turmoil. In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the Chinese government has enforced strict censorship, often using extra-judicial measures to silence human rights defenders. According ...
The 2008 crisis is special in that it will soon be renamed the 2008-2014 crisis. We know crises as emerging sharply and fading rapidly – this one is taking its time. We are experiencing a longue ...
An award-winning political scientist specializing in the role of international regimes, John Ruggie was appointed in 2005 by then United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, to be the first ever Special Representative for Business and Human ...
Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age, Jonanthan Kahn, Columbia University Press, $35.00 Race in a Bottle dives headfirst into the ethics of classification and begs ...
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