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Transforming Multilateralism for 21st Century Social Justice and Inclusion
“This brief – informed by perspectives from governments, international institutions, civil society organizations and social movements – presents a way forward for policymakers worldwide, based on the most actionable policies they can champion and implement to strengthen social justice and inclusion” (Club de Madrid, 2020).
An American Disaster Foretold
““It’s lonely being a European today,” Delattre mused. Russia is hostile. China is hostile. Emerging powers view the postwar multilateral organizations which Europe prizes as relics of a world made by and for Western powers — and want to change them. As for the United States, it’s absent” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
Elevating Women Peacebuilders amidst Covid-19
This brief examines womens’ role in peacebuilding and the Women, Peace, and Security agenda highlighting how the participation of women in peace processes is essential to the durability and quality of post-conflict peace in the context of Covid-19 and womens’ leadership during the pandemic" (Yayboke and Abdullah, 2020).
Borders Won't Protect Your Country from Coronavirus
“With limited health resources, widespread poverty, large debt burdens and, in some cases, political instability and conflict, developing countries are the new front line in the pandemic” (Robert E. Rubin and David Miliband, 2020).
Hope for a sea-change: Why multilateralism must reshape the world after COVID-19
The Elders have published a new report in defence of multilateralism to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations. Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic has starkly exposed the vulnerabilities and faultlines of our interconnected world, The Elders call on world leaders to recognise that global challenges like pandemics, climate change and nuclear proliferation require global solutions.
Bangladeshi Universities and the Failure of Student Politics: New Research by CISR
In October and November 2019, the International Republican Institute’s Center for Insights in Survey Research (CISR) conducted a series of focus group discussions (FGD) with Bangladeshi university students to better understand "the challenges they face both on and off campus, and the effectiveness of political parties and their student wings in addressing youth concerns" (Center for Insights in Survey Research, 2020).
Can Europe Stay Back From the Brink?
“After three months of chaos and deaths caused by the pandemic, the continent, led by Germany and France, is giving convergence another try” (Sylvie Kauffmann, 2020).
Germany’s Lessons for China and America
“Nationalism is the most facile and effective of political tools, as well as the most dangerous. It was important, in the midst of a pandemic that has revealed a world incapable of a coordinated response and devoid of American leadership, that Europe’s most powerful nation step forward with honor” (Roger Cohen, 2020).
Countries should seize the moment to flatten the climate curve
“The pandemic both reveals the size of the challenge ahead and also creates a unique chance to enact government policies that steer the economy away from carbon at a lower financial, social and political cost than might otherwise have been the case” (Leaders, 2020).
Has Covid19 Killed Globalisation?
"Even before the pandemic, globalisation was in trouble… As economies reopen, activity will recover, but don’t expect a quick return to a carefree world of unfettered movement and free trade. The pandemic will politicise travel and migration and entrench a bias towards self-reliance. This inward-looking lurch will enfeeble the recovery, leave the economy vulnerable and spread geopolitical instability." (The Economist, 2020)
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