All things considered, a good week for International Geneva
Between Brazil’s rejection of Jair Bolsonaro and America’s notable containment of Trump’s toxic MAGA ideology, multilateralism has been offered a bit of a breather.
BRICS
#116 The G|O Briefing, November 3, 2022
Moving International Geneva to Ukraine | Brazil back on the world stage | UN human rights chief speaks, as does ILO boss | Happy Birthday G|O!
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“Brazil is back”
Winning the election was only the first step: the road to restoring Brazil’s image in the world may still be arduous as the new administration attempts to deal with a global recession, war in Europe, and the climate emergency.
Will the WTO be able to protect the poorest from a looming global food crisis?
The agricultural debate will take center stage at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) June Ministerial conference (MC12), and its dynamics will be shaped, in form but above all in substance, by the war in Ukraine.
Since the WTO operates by consensus, few trade experts and WTO watchers here expect
#97 The G|O Briefing, May 12, 2022
New accusations about Geneva's bogus 'universities' - Can the WTO help avert a catastrophic global food crisis?
Michael J. Barnett, on global governance in an age of change
“International organizations are not going to be able to move great powers where they do not want to go, and they are likely to be in survival mode.”
#96 The G|O Briefing, May 5, 2022
With the war, is international cooperation still possible? An interview with Michael Barnett - And expect tensions at the next WHA meeting
The BRICS are back—and they are challenging the West
Russia’s attack on Ukraine is tearing apart international bodies and submitting the multilateral system to its biggest stress test in recent history. But Ukraine and the Western powers’ efforts to isolate the Russian Federation and to make Vladimir Putin an international pariah is also facing a newly organized resistance.
#91 The G|O Briefing, March 24, 2022
How the BRICS are fighting efforts to isolate Russia in Geneva - Election countdown at the ILO - Truth, lies, and alternative facts in Russia