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What to Play Next: Development after the End of Development
11+ hour, 20+ min ago (1181+ words) Global Policy Journal - What to Play Next: Development after the End of Development Heiner Janus and Michael Roll argue that the largest aid contraction on record coincides with a reopened decades-old fault line: what "development" means, who it serves " and…...
No Country for Aid Alone: Strategic Partnerships for Development Finance
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (215+ words) Download for Mobi and EPub readers see below or for a PDF here. Editors" Note: Scaling Partnerships for Development Finance in a Post-Aid World -Nilanjan Ghosh and Swati Prabhu 1 The Role of Philanthropy in Sustainable Financing for Development - Madhav Joshi,…...
The Politics of the Ordinary
15+ hour, 40+ min ago (394+ words) This solemn occasion occurred alongside a series of other events that, with one exception, seemed unrelated." In comparison, most of those other events around the time of our village ceremony seemed to be completely random and unconnected. It was that…...
A Decade of The HDP Nexus: Lessons Learned and The Way Forward
23+ hour, 30+ min ago (984+ words) Global Policy Journal - A Decade of The HDP Nexus: Lessons Learned and The Way Forward This is a chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'The Triple Humanitarian, Development and Peace Nexus: In Context and Everyday Perspective', edited by Marina Ferrero…...
Artificial Intelligence: Run Baby Run
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (236+ words) At some point in time, this new species might well decide to get rid of its bothersome creators. According to Stephen Witt:" This is precisely what Stephen Hawking feared when saying that the development of full artificial intelligence could spell…...
Kelsen, Power, and God
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (738+ words) Global Policy Journal Kelsen, Power, and God Hans Kelsen is perhaps the last thinker a philosopher of religion might be expected to need. Robert Schuett argues that remarkable new book by Miles Hollingworth suggests otherwise. Hans Kelsen is a hard…...
The Hormuz Blockade Is Becoming the World's Economic Weapon
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1147+ words) Global Policy Journal - The Hormuz Blockade Is Becoming the World's Economic Weapon Ammar Zafar contends that the Strait of Hormuz has become the operative weapon of the 2026 Iran war, and that its damage is now being absorbed not in Washington…...
The Myth of Robin Hood in the Horn of Africa: Piracy and Welfare in Somalia
1+ week, 3+ day ago (801+ words) Global Policy Journal - The Myth of Robin Hood in the Horn of Africa: Piracy and Welfare in Somalia Somali piracy has mutated into a high-precision ransom industry, capable of challenging global navies and rewriting local welfare. Pirates legitimise their attacks…...
The New U. S. Development Doctrine: Business Deals
1+ week, 4+ day ago (378+ words) A small cottage industry of commissions, conferences, and coalitions reflecting on what role development cooperation should play in the future have emerged." This is happening against the backdrop of, and to a large extent is triggered by, a"dramatic shrinking…...
Will Trump Erode or Reinforce the International Order?
1+ week, 4+ day ago (742+ words) Global Policy Journal - Will Trump Erode or Reinforce the International Order? Pierre-Alain Bruchez argues that Trump's disruption could ultimately either contaminate the international order or act as a vaccine. The international order has already been shaken by repeated shocks, such…...