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How a Man's World Systematically Neglects Women

Navika Mehta | When half the global population is treated as an afterthought, research is less accurate, policy is less effective, and welfare is diminished. That is why accounting explicitly for women must become the norm in every sphere of research, product design, tech, and policy.

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Universal Values at Bay

Michael Ignatieff | The moral universalism enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights obliges us to recognize the humanity of others and the reality of their suffering. If that doctrine sounds naive today, it is because we have allowed malignant spoilers to smother this foundational intuition.

How to Assess the Outcome of COP28

Gernot Warner | Given that COP28 was hosted by a petrostate and led by a fossil-fuel CEO, climate campaigners understandably had low expectations. Yet the summit did deliver some new commitments, and there is good reason to think that they are more than just empty words.

Petrostates Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

By Ban Ki-moon, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, and Laura Chinchilla Miranda* LONDON – If the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai is to be judged a success, it will have to bring an urgently needed breakthrough on climate finance. Sultan Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates, the president of this

There Is Only One Way Forward in Gaza

There Is Only One Way Forward in Gaza

Carl Bildt | The history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is littered with failed peace plans, collapsed diplomatic conferences, and disillusioned mediators. Yet even amid horrors of the latest Gaza war, talk of an eventual two-state solution remains alive and has actually grown louder.

If Europe Could Do It, So Can the Middle East

If Europe Could Do It, So Can the Middle East

Anne-Marie Slaughter | Less than a decade after WW II, Europe, with its religious and nationalist wars, and the endless redrawing of national boundaries, became a new kind of political entity. Now, peace-seeking Israelis and Palestinians must dare to envision a similar future for themselves.

How to Salvage COP28

How to Salvage COP28

GORDON BROWN | As the president of COP28, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber faces the crucial task of delivering on his promise to devise a plan to bridge the Global South’s annual $1 trillion shortfall in financing for mitigation and adaptation initiatives.

Why What Happened at Open AI Doesn't Bode Well for the UN Global Digital Compact

Set aside for a moment the insufferable habit of our contemporaneous zeitgeist to create cult-life figures out of tech entrepreneurs. Not easy, I admit, when for a couple of days, Sam Altman and the OpenAI saga seemed to be all that mattered, eclipsing wars—and, of course, climate change—from

Polywar and Polyamourous geopolitics

Mark Leonard | Joe Biden's largely successful response to Russia's war against Ukraine reflects his vision of the world as a bloc of democracies facing off against revisionist autocracies. There is growing evidence that this is a minority view, even among some of America's closest allies.

To Stop the Fighting in Gaza, the Street May Be the Only Place Left to Go

Daniel Warner | While we search in vain for some organization, individual, or country to stop the fighting, it may be that regular street demonstrations are the only answer left

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