Canada doesn’t support the case before the International Court of Justice that Israel is guilty of genocide in its war against Gaza. That’s contrary to its stance on other cases of genocide.
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The best — or least bad — solution to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict involves setting up a transitional administration in Gaza. Here’s how it could work.
The agreement still leaves many unanswered questions, as well as concerns from vulnerable countries about who will qualify, who pays and who is in charge.
It’s hard to overestimate the role Henry Kissinger played in Chile. A former Chilean diplomat describes the mark that the powerful statesman made in his country and elsewhere in the Global South.
Ensuring that ego and prestige of the Global North does not get in the way of on-the-ground results in the Global South will be the key to effective social impact investing in the years to come.
The Israeli attack on Gaza is undermining the West’s international standing, offering opportunities for China to enhance its regional and global diplomatic influence.
At the United Nations and elsewhere, the response by the US and Western Europe to events in Israel and Gaza have been out of step with that of governments in Africa, South America and Asia.
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
India is far from posing a threat to American power the way China is now. But if the West elevates India at China’s expense, it will eventually have to contend with Indian challenges.
An analysis of past UN conference presidencies suggests the 2023 summit’s agenda would do more to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
The war in Ukraine is both a symptom and a cause of a paralysing crisis in the international system. It is up to the Global South to reform the multilateral system.
The G20 has its critics, but an expert on international politics explains why it still performs a useful function – particularly in this period of great geopolitical divisions.
One way to prevent the destruction wrought by a devastating earthquake – like the one that hit Morocco in September 2023 – is to construct resilient homes and buildings.
In the Global South, a group of writers are rejecting the norms of science fiction and commenting on the future in a way that embraces Indigenous culture.
Middle-aged people in equatorial regions have lived through the most perceptible warming in their lifetimes. But many others may experience unrecognisable changes in their local climate later in life.
Ukraine was able to advance its plan for peace with an audience including China and other Brics nations.
Almost two-thirds of low-income countries are at risk of debt distress – in part because of higher borrowing costs. And that isn’t the only problem.
Research shows Russian disinformation is often repeated in the media in the Global South, influencing public opinion.
There is increased demand to join BRICS in the emerging world order, partly as a countervailing power to “the west”.
Studies of African multilingual contexts are almost non-existent in high-impact scientific journals.
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Outgoing Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Professor of International Relations and Political Science, St. Thomas University (Canada)
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Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Senior researcher, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Development & Transformation, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of Innovation Finance, Faculty of Business, Athabasca University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of the Politics of Development, University of Oxford
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Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University; Aston University
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Lecturer - National Security College, Australian National University
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor emeritus of Sociology, University of Cambridge
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Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University