#111 THE G|O Briefing, September 29, 2022 WESTERN RELIEF AFTER ITU VOTE | ANXIETY AT CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT |SPEAKING FOR THE UN | AUROCRACIES NEVER COLLAPSE NICELY | FIFA AND WTO! FOUL
“Michelle Bachelet betrayed us,” World Uyghur’s Congress President tells the G|O as the UN human rights chief visits China Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, is in China. She left on Sunday (May 22) and is expected back on Saturday, May 28. It is a high-risk trip, highly controversial from the start. The publication on Tuesday (May 24) of the ’Xinjiang Police Files’, adding to the
Can the international community still do big things? Kevin Watkins | The IMF and the World Bank, the twin pillars of the Bretton Woods system, should be at the heart of international cooperation in responding to the defining challenges facing our generation, starting with the two-tier recovery from the economic downturn triggered by COVID-19.
#98 The G|O Briefing, May 19, 2022 A new report offers models to strengthen the UN's investigative capacity - A tighter relationship between China and Russia
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
#88 The G|O Briefing, March 3, 2022 This is an onsite, slightly edited republication of the complete G|O Briefing newsletter Our thoughts are with the brave people of Ukraine. Today in The Geneva Observer, a few reflections from Geneva on the changing dynamics in the global political and moral landscapes created by Russia’s naked aggression
#79 The G|O Briefing, December 9, 2021 VACCINES AND POLITICS: A SOUR MIX | GREENING FINANCE WILL REQUIRE GLOBALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. ARE THERE TOO MANY?