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The Indispensability of Diplomacy

by Jussi Hanhimaki | April 16, 2025 | Diplomacy, International Relations, Main article | 1 Comment

In an age marked by digital disruption, shifting power dynamics, and increasing demands for transparency, the practice of diplomacy is under pressure like never before. In this article, Professor Jussi Hanhimäki explores the historical roots of diplomacy and reflects...

Faculty Spotlight – Claudia Seymour

by Claudia Seymour | April 16, 2025 | Diplomacy, Experts, Leadership | 2 Comments

Insights from DPP Graduates 2025

by Executive Education | March 4, 2025 | Alumni, Conflict, Development | 4 Comments

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Book Launch – Night on Earth

by Davide Rodogno | Jan 18, 2022

Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930. Davide Rodogno shows that international ‘relief’ and ‘development’ were intertwined long before the birth of the United Nations with humanitarians operating in a region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient.

Artificial Intelligence Promises, Ethics and Human Rights: Time to Open Pandora’s Box

by Mouloud Khelif | Dec 15, 2021

Despite all its promises, Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents risks to human rights online and offline, and growing ethical challenges. To benefit humanity, significant measures are needed, combining positive encouragements and stricter rules. The AI...

Decolonisation and International Law

by Fuad Zarbiyev | Dec 14, 2021

No discussion of international law’s relation with decolonisation would be fair without a reminder of the international legal order’s shameful complicity in colonialism. Historically, international law made colonisation and various dependent international statuses...

Finance durable

by Nathan Sussman | Dec 14, 2021

Lore Vandewalle est professeure associée au Département d’économie de l'Institut, où elle est titulaire de la chaire Pictet pour la finance et le développement. Elle est microéconomiste, spécialisée dans le développement et l’économie politique. Ses recherches portent...

The Links Between Colonialism, Covid and the Climate Crisis

by Imogen Foulkes | Dec 9, 2021

Includes the expertise and insights of Tammam Aloudat, Co-Director of the Executive Certificate on the New Diplomacy of Global Health, the Graduate Institute Geneva. Decolonisation – it’s a word we’ve been hearing quite a lot over the last couple of years. From France...

The Explainability of Artificial Intelligence in International Law

by Marie Anne Cyra H. Uy | Nov 17, 2021

Unintelligible – if there is one word that could describe the hesitation surrounding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in states’ affairs, it is this. This hinges upon a fear of the unknown as AI seems to be inexplicable. It either cannot explain how it arrived...

Digital Transformations for the Protection of Health Futures

by Brian Li Han Wong | Nov 16, 2021

Key recommendations from the GHFutures2030 Report Digital and data-driven tools are fundamentally changing approaches to health and the design of health systems; however, governance models have not followed the rapid pace of innovation. The Lancet and Financial Times...

Quand l’art s’approprie la Shoah

by Davide Rodogno | Nov 16, 2021

Dans le cadre de l'émission Faut pas croire diffusé sur la RTS, Davide Rodogno a participé à l'épisode Quand l’art s'approprie la Shoah le 16 octobre 2021. Davide est Professeur en histoire et politique internationales et Directeur du programme exécutif Advocacy in...

L’archéologie coloniale de la haine

by Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou | Oct 26, 2021

Dans son ouvrage Tahafut al Tahafut (L’Incohérence de l’incohérence, 1095), le philosophe Abu Walid Mohammad Ibn Rush (Averroès) écrit: « L’ignorance mène à la peur, la peur mène à la haine, la haine conduit à la violence; voilà l’équation. » Cette réflexion nous...

In Memory of John G. Ruggie: Tribute by Jérôme Bellion-Jourdan

by Jerome Bellion-Jourdan | Sep 30, 2021

The world has lost a leader, Prof. John Ruggie. Tribute to the architect of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Prof. John Ruggie passed away on 16 September 2021. It is a loss for all those, like me, who were inspired by John. It is a loss for the...

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