Keeping the peace
STAFF REPORT
Colonel Olivier Passot has been the defence attaché at the French Embassy since 2019, a former UN blue beret, he has served in...
Gender disparity hinders ‘building back better’
Even before the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 virus had subsided in many countries, more infectious second and third waves of the virus have appeared...
Climate Constitutionalism
In January, the Netherlands hosted a digital Climate Adaptation Summit where representatives of governments from around the world discussed their post-pandemic recovery plans. To...
Vaccination Opportunity for Global Health
Evolutionary pressures accompanying the spread of the coronavirus have driven the COVID-19 pandemic into a phase in which new variants are starting to pop...
Green Shoots of COVID Solidarity
In a recent letter to her G20 colleagues, US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen argued that a truly global COVID-19 vaccination program “is...
Bitcoin: what goes up must come down
On 8 February, Elon Musk’s electric-car firm Tesla announced that it had invested $1.5 billion of its cash reserves in Bitcoin back in January....
The Case for an Arabian Universal Basic Income
The notion of a government-provided universal basic income (UBI) has been gaining traction throughout the developed world. Although UBI policies face significant political and...
The Secret of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Success
When the novel coronavirus first arrived in Pakistan in late February, there was widespread concern about the country’s ability to manage the increased disease...
Protecting Child Workers During the Pandemic
It is already apparent that the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be uneven, with poorer countries bearing the brunt of the fallout. This...
Reckoning with American Democracy’s Enemies Within
With Donald Trump and the Republican establishment refusing to accept defeat in the face of a clear election result, democracy in the United States...
