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Mukesh Kapila unpicks Gate's technocratic approach to philanthropy.
Bill Gates is soothing his 200-billion-dollar headache by giving his fortune away over the next two decades.…
In Part 2 of a short series, this post looks at the loss of employment, domestically within the U.S. and USAID and internationally among implementing partners, NGOs and…
This is the tenth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'The Triple Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus: In Context and Everyday Perspective', edited by Marina…
This is the eighth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations'. Dorcas Fakile and Taylar Carty highlight some of the pressing issues…
Jianyong Yue argues that Trump’s return to the White House offers China a fleeting but strategic chance to reshape the international order.
As President Biden’s term winds down,…
Nayef Al-Rodhan argues that critical militarisation and binary zero-sum paradigms in space won’t make us safer – they will only increase our vulnerability.
As the United States…
Aaron Martin and Quito Tsui on the risks of an unprepared humanitarian sector utilising low earth orbit (LEO) connectivity for critical humanitarian activities.
There is a notable…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama explore the political and strategic risks that come with China-Indonesia relations.
On May 16, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met…
Ilan Manor and Giles Strachan explore what happens when diplomacy is reduced to lines of code.
One of the defining characteristics of Quantum Mechanics is its assertion that…
Jessica DiCarlo and Seth Schindler explore how foreign policy professionals should respond to Trump.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University philosophy major on the cusp of U.…
In a short series, Simon Fraser argues that the dismantling USAID continues to have catastrophic impact on the international donor assistance sector. This post looks at the demise…
Dr. Semuhi Sinanoglu argues that AI can transform media development programming by enabling smarter early warning systems to protect journalists, especially against fast-…
The Inner Life of Race: Souls, Bodies and the History of Racial Power by Leerom Medovoi. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2024. 279 pp., $104.95 hardcover 978-1-4780-2656-3, $27…
Samuel Johnson-Saeger and Hilary Appel argue that Europe has had many reasons to fear the loss of American support.
Despite the minerals deal announced by Ukraine and the…
Sarah-Lea Effert and Sören Hilbrich argue that we must do better in building a convincing cosmopolitan case for foreign policy and rally support for it.
Recent years have…