A year ago, as the UN80 process gathered momentum, I argued that the reform effort, while rightly addressing the UN’s sprawling bureaucracy, overlapping mandates and…
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Leaders of the G7 gathered in France this week amid growing geopolitical uncertainty and mounting global challenges. In an era marked by fragmentation and strategic…
In a thoughtful recent essay in the Financial Times, economist and former IMF Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan argues that the world’s “dog-eat-dog” international order urgently…
Amid the ongoing economic and geopolitical upheaval catalyzed by America’s 180-degree systemic repositioning under Donald Trump, countries now finding themselves decoupled from the erstwhile democratic…
A crisis that tests the rules The outlines of the recent U.S. military operation in Venezuela are now well established. In early January 2026, U.S.…
The Global Challenges Foundation’s Global Catastrophic Risks 2026 report delivers timely insight in a period of growing systemic strain. The world today is experiencing more…
Given the scale of the world’s challenges, ranging from climate disaster, to the ever-present danger of nuclear war and potentially out-of-control AI, few believe that…
This document introduces three companion protocols to A Second United Nations Charter: Modernizing the UN for a New Generation: A New Way to Finance the…
Over just a few years, the world has been shaken by overlapping shocks: a historic pandemic, intensifying climate extremes, disruptive leaps in AI and biotechnology,…
The UN80 process arrives at a pivotal moment. On the one hand, Member States confront cascading global risks—climate change acceleration, unsustainable debt burdens, persistent poverty…