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9/11 – The Key Consequences

by Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou | Sep 15, 2021

On 11 September 2001, the United States witnessed the deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. Two decades later, what are the lingering effects? Marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Executive Education Director and Professor of International History and...

Meaningful Youth Participation in Africa – Change the Culture!

by Ishmael Kwasi Selassie | Mar 24, 2021

The Youth in many African countries have over the years made bold statements to communicate their increasing desire to engage in the development of their communities and countries. In 2003, at the 13th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, the youth...

COVID-19 Impact on International Cooperation and Development Policies

by Gilles Carbonnier | Mar 23, 2021

What has been the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international cooperation? Much has been written on this complex issue. Here are a few reflections ranging from the micro to the macro, from how aid workers and organizations have been affected individually, to more...

L’antiracisme est une question de démocratie

by Davide Rodogno | Jan 18, 2021

Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou et Davide Rodogno, professeurs d’histoire internationale à l’Institut, ont lancé en début d’année un cours intitulé «Une histoire internationale du racisme». Quelques mois plus tard, le meurtre de George Floyd, un Afro-Américain tué par...

COVID-19 and Health: Mutate to Live

by Darío Restrepo | Jan 15, 2021

Over the course of its history, humanity has experienced several episodes of mass mortality due to infectious diseases. All of them have threatened social organisation and have made people believe it was the end of the world, irrespective of the magnitude of the...

Insecurity in the Borderlands of Africa: New Sub-Regional Approaches

by Edwin Barasa Mang'eni | Nov 10, 2020

Insecurity remains one of the prominent challenges facing communities occupying the borderlands in Africa. In the horn of Africa, most of these communities adopted pastoral lifestyle years back as an adaptation to climate change. Unpredictable rainfall patterns have...

COVID-19 y salud: mutar para vivir

by Darío Restrepo | Nov 10, 2020

A lo largo de su historia, la humanidad ha vivido varias experiencias de muerte masiva por alguna enfermedad infecciosa, y todas ellas han puesto en vilo la organización social y han hecho creer que es el fin del mundo, sin importar la magnitud de los imaginarios...

Just Transition to a Green Economy: Lessons of COVID-19

by Rani Pooran | Sep 16, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has animated discussions about our future economic development model highlighting current shortcomings and the adverse impacts on people, especially vulnerable groups. In so doing, the pandemic has reinforced the importance of a just transition...

Does the UN Actually Make a Difference?

by Cécile Molinier | Sep 16, 2020

Reflections by Cécile Molinier, former senior UN official Anniversaries are cause for celebration, and for reflections on past and current achievements. Yet, reflections on the UN’s 75th anniversary have been far from celebratory, and the gloom is magnified by concern...

Philanthropy in the New Normal – Time to Trust

by Claudia Genier | Jul 15, 2020

Swift and bold response In the Covid-19 crisis and the global response to the pandemic, inequalities between social classes as well as racial inequities have been exacerbated. Besides governmental and corporate actors, philanthropy has responded vigorously to the...

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