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The Global is an academic blog managed by the Graduate Institute’s Global Governance Centre. It promotes critical reflection on, and constructive and well-informed engagement with the actors, norms and processes of global governance.
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“The ICRC’s work on urban violence has led to significant and surprising shifts in its humanitarian boundaries—shifts that may damage its ability to carry out its core mandate.”
“This makes one wonder about ‘representative institutions’: whom do they represent? We see ‘populism’ as a threat to representative institutions but there is something illogical and perhaps duplicitous in this lament: one cannot bemoan the persistent inequality and defend the institutions that perpetuate it.”
“The international liberal order is something of a myth that has been built up since the end of the Cold War and by increasingly anxious Western states that worry about a global governance that has favored them. But liberalism was never critical to global governance, and the future of global governance might not depend on liberalism.”
By Kristin Bergtora Sandvik et al – This contribution puts the award in context, showing how food is framed as an instrument of peace. It then focuses on the very political nature of the WFP as a multilateral humanitarian organization. Finally, it discusses one example of the WFP at the operational level: the politics of humanitarian technology.
By Manan Daga – This blog post demonstrates the enduring significance of maps by analysing the India-China border dispute, and elaborates on the general usage of maps in international law.
By Akshita Tiwary – Sea level rise has grave consequences under international law. The International Law Commission may provide suitable guidelines in this regard.
By Michèle Audrée Ndedi Batchandji – COVID-19 widens inequalities even within specific sectors, like in Education. Fragile countries, and their most vulnerable populations in particular, have seen their situation deteriorate. Country and context specific solutions to the pandemic should therefore be adopted.
By Pablo Martín Méndez – Is the COVID-19 crisis the end of free market capitalism? To answer this question, we don’t necessarily have to look to the future. On the contrary, we could explore the history of the free market ideas.
