An Education Crisis for All
Aichetou, a 14-year-old girl, lives on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in Africa’s Sahel region. Every day, she makes a difficult...
Does the G20 Still Matter?
When the G20 leaders held their first summit in late 2008, many welcomed what looked like a diverse, highly representative new forum for crafting...
How an AI Utopia would work
It is more than 500 years since Sir Thomas More found inspiration for the ‘Kingdom of Utopia’ while strolling the streets of Antwerp. So,...
Regulating the Internet
The only topic uniting right and left in the United States these days is ‘techlash’: everyone seems to agree that the time has come...
Bad News for the World’s Poorest
The global economic mood is souring. At their meeting in Fukuoka, Japan, earlier this month, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors warned that...
Developing countries can achieve universal health coverage
Virtually every country worldwide has committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. But...
No excuse for violence against children
At the World Health Assembly in May, we made the case for why governments and United Nations agencies need to spend more on measures...
Getting to Net-Zero Emissions
The leaders of the G20 countries headed to Osaka at the tail-end of June for their annual summit. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed...
How Developing Countries Can Achieve Universal Health Coverage
Virtually every country worldwide has committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030, as part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. But some countries...
The End of ‘Chimerica’
The escalating rivalry between China and the United States is ushering in a bipolar world. While the past few decades have been defined mostly...
