What geopolitics stories could still blow up the global economy?
Investors hate uncertainty. For now, most of them are trying to understand how central bankers, particularly at the US Federal Reserve, will calibrate changes...
How War Crimes Prosecutions Work
After more than a year of international outrage at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and shocking atrocities, there’s an arrest warrant out for Russian President...
Religiously unaffiliated people face harassment in growing number of countries
Restrictions on religion don’t just affect those who are religious. People who are religiously unaffiliated also are harassed because of what they believe. In...
Freedom House Report: Democracy’s Global Decline is slowing down
In its recent annual report on the state of freedom and democracy in the world, Freedom House concludes that “the global struggle for democracy...
India: Categorisation of terrorism dangerous
UNITED NATION, March 10 — India has said that the tendency to categorise terrorism on the basis of motivations behind terrorist acts is “dangerous”...
Imperatives for the World Bank’s next president
The World Bank will soon pick a new president. With the world facing a confluence of climate, debt, energy and security crises, the leadership...
Women in power in 2023: Data shows progress but wide regional gaps
Geneva/New York — More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition...
Rise of Regionalism
In the post-Cold War era, there has been a notable emphasis on studying and evaluating international and regional organizations. Such organizations have the potential...
Starting Bell Rings for U.N Counterterrorism Negotiations with Big Questions Unanswered
United Nations (U.N.) Secretary-General António Guterres released the biannual report on the “Activities of the United Nations system in implementing the United Nations Global...
Russia-Ukraine conflict cost world economy $1.6t in 2022
Without the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the global economy would have generated an additional $1.6 trillion in 2022, according to a study published by the German...