It’s official, the global economy is a ‘debtor’s prison’
Article / 23rd October 2020As the World Bank and IMF sound the alarm on debts driven sky high by Covid-19 in some of the world’s poorest nations, debt ‘relief’ will not cut it – we need a thoroughgoing transformation of the global economy. By Nick Dearden for the New Internationalist.
Decolonizing the United Nations means abolishing the permanent five
Article / 1st October 2020The only way forward for the United Nations is to acknowledge the key difference between 1945 and 2020 – decolonization – and abolish the permanent members of the Security Council altogether.
Global cooperation tested by the pandemic at UNGA 75
Article / 17th September 2020The 75th UNGA is a moment for the world to focus on realising the full potential of the United Nations’ founding principle of “achieving international cooperation in solving international problems,” writes José Luis Castro for Devex.
History gives us reason for hope that inequality can be beaten
Article / 15th September 2020Inequality is a system of dominance that we can only overcome if we have enough strength. No one cedes power becasue of a great powerpoint, writes Ben Phillips for OpenDemocracy.
COVID-19 is a huge threat to stability in Africa
Article / 17th August 2020Narrow self-interest makes it unlikely that the global north will commit the resources and know-how necessary to combat the global pandemic — which would also eliminate one of the factors contributing to civil conflict, writes Elizabeth Schmidt for Foreign Policy in Focus.