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How can academics uphold humanity in armed conflict?
Mobilising academics: an endeavour taken from the start “How can academics uphold the principles of humanity in armed conflict?” – a question that could be met with some scepticism. The ICRC, however, has been answering this question since it was created in 1863. In...
Brexit: a Bright Spot among Clouds
After months of ironclad refusal to reopen negotiations, the EU had to admit that its solution to prevent to hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland – the infamous backstop provision to seal off, if needed, the Irish island from British mainland – would...
Climate Change Emergency: The Required Shift to Renewable Energy and Improvement of Energy Efficiency
Climate change is a serious concern, its impacts are having consequences on people’s lives and disrupting economies. However, the affordable, scalable solutions to leapfrog to cleaner and more resilient economies are available now. Accelerating the shift to renewable...
Contribuciones de los hombres en la equidad de género y el desarrollo
Todo proceso reflexivo sobre masculinidades debería partir del reconocimiento de la corresponsabilidad de los hombres en la reproducción de relaciones de desigualdad basadas en el género, también reconocer los diferentes roles y estereotipos asignados a hombres y a...
International Summitry: Innovation at the G7
In 2018 at La Malbaie in Quebec, Canada, the G7 meeting ended with the spectacular last-minute withdrawal of US President Trump’s support for the carefully negotiated joint declaration. In 2019 in Biarritz, France, the US President not only supported the joint...
How can Do Tanks support SDGs?
Peace and prosperity for people and our planet until 2030: This is the vision of 193 United Nations Member states who adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2015. The agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represents a new global...
Is the Paris Agreement adequate for the climate emergency?
Celebrated as one of the greatest successes in multilateral negotiations, the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, entered into force in 2016 and adopted rules and modalities for its implementation in 2018. The agreement is expected to be fully operational in 2020,...
Matteo Salvini: décryptage de la méthode du capitaine
A la suite d’une controverse concernant les migrants entrant en Italie, le professeur Davide Rodogno explore les méthodes de direction du politicien italien Matteo Salvini et sa transmission des sentiments de racisme et de xénophobie à travers des réseaux sociaux....
Gift Exchange: The Ongoing Relevance of Mauss’s Concepts?
Grégoire Mallard’s book makes three major interventions. The first one looks at the classical anthropological concept of the “gift” (or in French, the système de prestations réciproques) developed by Marcel Mauss in his famous essay, a concept that has since been...
Diversity, Curiosity and Creativity: breeding the ground for a better world
As forcefully articulated and expressed by Sir Ken Robinson, the internationally recognised leader in education and human resources, the current trouble with education is the still dominant culture of conformity, compliance and standardisation, a triad designed to...
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