G7 countries should work with China to put in place climate-aligned trade policies needed to accelerate global climate action, by harnessing the power of international trade to promote innovation, reduce costs, and stimulate demand for green goods, write Matt Piotrowski and Joseph Dellatte.
Multilateral Development Banks are currently not fit for purpose when it comes to financing the green transition. With the new incoming leadership of the World Bank, there is an immense opportunity for change, writes Günther Thallinger.
India is one of the 51 original founders of the United Nations (UN). India, following its independence from Britain on 15 August 1947, “continued” as an original member of the UN. Ambassador (Retd.) Asoke Mukerji retired as India’s Permanent Representative to …
A large part of the troubles that Serbia is facing today in finding a solution to the issue of Kosovo arises from a long-standing blind belief that UN Security Council Resolution 1244 is some sort of Holy Grail that holds Kosovo to Serbia, writes Orhan Dragaš.
As a response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, German economy minister Robert Habeck is calling for Europe's own 'local content rule', but in a 'WTO-compatible' manner. He argued that this was for climate protection reasons, but however green he may be, this is just plain and simple industrial policy.
As India takes over the G20 presidency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi describes its challenges and priorities, based on promoting fairness and harmony throughout the world, under the slogan 'One Earth, One Family, One Future'.
The world’s population will reach 8 billion in the middle of November – a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health and sanitation. But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided, writes António Guterres.
Vladimir Putin has disappeared. He is no longer on TV daily, as was the case in recent weeks. Even the Kremlin website doesn’t provide tangible proof of his existence after 9 November, except for a photo that, for all we know, may have been taken earlier.
Russian President Vladimir Putin still has not decided whether he will attend the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, between 15-16 November or send a high-level delegation in his place.
The EU and the US want to Belgrade and Pristina to conclude a final agreement on the normalisation of their relations. This process has been accelerating against the background of but the Russian aggression against Ukraine, writes Orhan Dragaš.
The EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell's recent speech could lead to a sea change in the functioning of the EU’s diplomatic service, with some caveats. Katja Biedenkopf, Stephan Keukeleire, Franziska Petri, and Kolja Raube explain how this can be done. Stephan …
The United Nations should either be reformed by adopting new rules, or completely bypassed when it comes to important decisions, the alternative being that Russia will use it to continue to mock the world in its face, writes Orhan Dragaš.
Pragmatism and multi-vector foreign policy have become Kazakhstan’s trademark, even more valuable in a world characterised by geopolitical tensions, writes Alberto Turkstra, who announces, upon his return from Nur-Sultan, upcoming Kazakhstan-EU high-level contacts.
The lessons of Russian aggression against Georgia on 8 August 2008 and the beginning of the war against Ukraine in 2014 were not learned by NATO and EU, writes Roman Rukomeda.
The world needs to get back on track to keep to the promise of ending AIDS by 2030, argue Jantine Jacobi and Marc Angel.
The latest G7 commitment – to clean up power systems by 2035 – shows that this is a credible and achievable milestone, and signals a clear direction of travel, writes Chris Rosslowe.
The 2020 conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the more recent war in Ukraine, has refocused attention on the need for enhanced EU de-mining assistance across Eastern Partnership countries, writes Samuel Doveri Vesterbye.
Although the EU and the UK agreed sanctions on Russian ships, they are delaying their execution for fear of rising oil prices. Meanwhile, Putin's war is taking innocent lives, writes Svitlana Romanko, urging G7 leaders to take their responsibility and address their overdependence on Russian oil and gas.
A Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) waiver is neither useful nor effective in solving global vaccination issues, and comes with plenty of negative consequences, writes Pieter Cleppe.
The leaders of the G7 group of nations should take immediate action to defend and protect the human rights and labor rights of each child, worker and farmer currently exploited, writes Fernando Morales-de la Cruz.
G7 leaders meeting in Germany this weekend must start to put the world food system on a more resilient footing, writes Olivier De Schutter.
Deforestation is happening at a rapid pace and threatening food security everywhere. With the G7 Summit Meeting in June approaching, leaders are responsible for tackling deforestation as a major driver of climate change, writes Ani Dasgupta.
Since 24 February, when Russia invaded Ukraine, Serbia can no longer afford to maintain a policy of simultaneous closeness both with the West and Russia, writes Orhan Dragaš.
With its G20 Presidency starting on 1 December 2022, India hopes to play a pivotal role in what it sees as a “Decade of Action”, in view of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, writes Gauri Khandekar.
