Looking Ahead: Foresight for Crisis Prevention
European foreign services are experimenting with looking into ‘the future’. How can policymakers make foresight and forecasting effective tools in their efforts to anticipate and ideally prevent violent conflict? Here’s an overview.
The Global Futures Podcast
What sort of future are we heading for? We discuss foreign policy, economics, war, peace, and how the world is changing with experts from across the globe as part of the Global Governance Futures — Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogue Program.
Why Europe Should Give Up the IMF
Claiming the privilege of naming the IMF’s top official is completely out of touch with how the European Union should want to be seen around the world. Time to give it up.
South African Lessons for City Activism
Joel Sandhu and GGF 2030 fellow Jodi Allemeier break down the tactics of Cape Town’s citizen activists and talk about what others can learn from their recognition that democracy is not a dialogue, but a tussle to develop effective strategies for change at the city level.
Lasst Nichteuropäern den Vortritt
Angeblich will die EU eine Weltordnung, die auf Kooperation und Regeln gründet. Doch zugleich beharrt sie darauf, den IWF-Chefposten zu besetzen. Beides passt nicht zusammen.
Judging Universities by How Free They Are
Degrees of academic freedom should affect universities’ reputations, but there is no reliable data on violations of academic freedom in higher education institutions worldwide. GPPi is piloting a comparative global measurement on academic freedom to address this gap.
Harmonizing Reporting Pilot: Final Review
In 2017, GPPi developed a new template to streamline donor reporting in the humanitarian sector. After piloting it for two years, we found that it is an important building block for achieving the Grand Bargain commitment to simplify and harmonize reporting requirements.
What’s at Stake Amid Hong Kong’s Extradition Protests?
As Hong Kongers continue to rise up against a controversional extradition bill, here is what it all means for the territory.