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Russia, Europe, UN Geopolitics and ‘Rough Wooing’

By Andrew Williams

The attack on Ukraine has had tragic consequences for all Ukrainians and many Russians. The horror of families being killed and divided is a spectacle that nearly all Europeans believed had be...
UN, Russia, Europe Russia is less than its myths and the truth will set its peoples free

By Francis M. O'Donnell

Lately, I came across a very interesting article “The Roots of Russia”, written exactly sixty years ago by Dr. Lev Dobriansky (1918-2008), a renowned Professor of Economics at Georgetown Unive...

The imperative of de-escalation in Ukraine: negotiations and possible solutions

By Tapio Kanninen and Heikki Patomäki

In the West, there are two different competing narratives about the war in Ukraine. The prevailing narrative is that it is a struggle between the “bad guys” and “good guys”. For many, Russia l...
Europe, UN ANOTHER KIND OF ASSERTIVENESS FOR EUROPE: Peacebuilding Past, Present and Future

By Georgios Kostakos

Whom to call when you want to talk to Europe was the famous question attributed to Henry Kissinger that pointed to the lack of a central node of international contact and decision-making in th...

Russia’s War on Ukrainian Heritage, Yet Another War Crime

By Thomas G. Weiss

The nineteenth-century German poet Heinrich Heine’s words inspired Raphael Lemkin, the drafter of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: “Burning books ...
Nine months is enough

By Francis M. O'Donnell

This essay is written to distance proper understanding of the Russian war against Ukraine from any false equivalence that this is a conflict between two belligerents, whose perspectives deserv...

Russia, Europe, UN Geopolitics and ‘Rough Wooing’

By Andrew Williams

The attack on Ukraine has had tragic consequences for all Ukrainians and many Russians. The horror of families being killed and divided is a spectacle that nearly all Europeans believed had be...

UN, Russia, Europe Russia is less than its myths and the truth will set its peoples free

By Francis M. O'Donnell

Lately, I came across a very interesting article “The Roots of Russia”, written exactly sixty years ago by Dr. Lev Dobriansky (1918-2008), a renowned Professor of Economics at Georgetown Unive...

The imperative of de-escalation in Ukraine: negotiations and possible solutions

By Tapio Kanninen

In the West, there are two different competing narratives about the war in Ukraine. The prevailing narrative is that it is a struggle between the “bad guys” and “good guys”. For many, Russia l...

Europe, UN ANOTHER KIND OF ASSERTIVENESS FOR EUROPE: Peacebuilding Past, Present and Future

By Georgios Kostakos

Whom to call when you want to talk to Europe was the famous question attributed to Henry Kissinger that pointed to the lack of a central node of international contact and decision-making in th...

Russia’s War on Ukrainian Heritage, Yet Another War Crime

By Thomas G. Weiss

The nineteenth-century German poet Heinrich Heine’s words inspired Raphael Lemkin, the drafter of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: “Burning books ...

Nine months is enough

By Francis M. O'Donnell

This essay is written to distance proper understanding of the Russian war against Ukraine from any false equivalence that this is a conflict between two belligerents, whose perspectives deserv...

UN 50 years after Allende at the UN: a corporate triumph named multistakeholderism

By Harris Gleckman

*Originally published on December 30, 2022 **Produced by Lynn Fries / GPEnewsdocs TRANSCRIPT LYNN FRIES: Hello and welcome. I’m Lynn Fries producer of Global Political Economy or GPEnewsdocs w...
Launching an interactive map on Covid-19 vaccination policies

By Stella Ladi

Authors: Dimitra Panagiotatou, Stella Ladi, and Angelos Angelou* Vaccine hesitancy has alarmed governments anxious to return to normality for economic and political reasons. Unlike other vacci...

Ukraine, new challenges for Global Nuclear Safety

By Alejandro Zurita

The nuclear safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) do not contain guidance or recommendations in the context of warlike scenarios. Since the beginning of the war las...
UN Appeal to world leaders and the UN Secretary-General

By Katoikos

ON THE OCCASION OF THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY by the former UN system staff members signing below In a couple of weeks, the 77th session of the United Na...

Break the walls around the world

By Johnatan Santos

On July 11th, 2022, I was invited to attend “Russia and the Geopolitics of Borders and Migration” a conference held by the State University of Paraíba in Brazil, in partnership with the Resear...
Climate Justice: To be fair, we need to include the wronged

By Diego Carbonell

There is no doubt that climate change is a global reality. The news, day after day, shows the effects of what, more than “change”, should be called and treated as a climate emergency. Only in ...

UN 50 years after Allende at the UN: a corporate triumph named multistakeholderism

By Harris Gleckman

*Originally published on December 30, 2022 **Produced by Lynn Fries / GPEnewsdocs TRANSCRIPT LYNN FRIES: Hello and welcome. I’m Lynn Fries producer of Global Political Economy or GPEnewsdocs w...

Launching an interactive map on Covid-19 vaccination policies

By Stella Ladi

Authors: Dimitra Panagiotatou, Stella Ladi, and Angelos Angelou* Vaccine hesitancy has alarmed governments anxious to return to normality for economic and political reasons. Unlike other vacci...

Ukraine, new challenges for Global Nuclear Safety

By Alejandro Zurita

The nuclear safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) do not contain guidance or recommendations in the context of warlike scenarios. Since the beginning of the war las...

UN Appeal to world leaders and the UN Secretary-General

By Katoikos

ON THE OCCASION OF THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY by the former UN system staff members signing below In a couple of weeks, the 77th session of the United Na...

Break the walls around the world

By Johnatan Santos

On July 11th, 2022, I was invited to attend “Russia and the Geopolitics of Borders and Migration” a conference held by the State University of Paraíba in Brazil, in partnership with the Resear...

Climate Justice: To be fair, we need to include the wronged

By Diego Carbonell

There is no doubt that climate change is a global reality. The news, day after day, shows the effects of what, more than “change”, should be called and treated as a climate emergency. Only in ...

A European in Brexit Britain

By Birgit Bennett

If I had a Euro for every time I’ve heard phrases like “we don’t mean people like you” or “you’ll be fine” or “nothing will change” in relation to Brexit, I would be a very wealthy lady by now...

The invisible ones: people with disabilities in Latin America

By Renata Juliotti

“I feel the pandemic has highlighted the invisibility of people with disabilities,” said the mother of Luigi Gabriel, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Throughout history, it has been prov...

COVID-19, risk communication and the crucial role of community leaders

By Cilene Victor

As I am writing this article, someone is being infected by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) around the world and the statistics of the pandemic are updated and disseminated by some online pl...

Editorials End-of-Year Thoughts – For a Better 2023

By Katoikos

Two weeks from the finish line, 2022 can safely be said to have been a year of conflicts, tensions, and upheavals par excellence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February may still be th...
Armistice Call

By Katoikos

On this commemoration of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, Marking the silencing of weapons at the end of World War I, We, the undersigned concerned citizens of the world, Call for a ceasefire...
Event overview: Global Governance – Breaking down or breaking new ground?

By Katoikos

An event under the title “Global Governance: Breaking down or breaking new ground?” was convened by the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and the Global Crisis Inform...

Gaming for a Better World

By Yoriko Yasukawa

Panel Discussion Summary by Yoriko Yasukawa* Today, over 3 billion people worldwide play video games, which span a hugely diverse range of forms and content. The industry generates more than U...
UN Appeal to world leaders and the UN Secretary-General

By Katoikos

ON THE OCCASION OF THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY by the former UN system staff members signing below In a couple of weeks, the 77th session of the United Na...
Reverse course and Abolish War

By Katoikos

Seventy-seven years ago today, on 6 August 1945, the United States Airforce dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, instantly killing an estimated 70,000 people – a number that would grow to abou...

BACK TO BASICS : LIVE AND HELP LIVE

By Katoikos

In the midst of a sweltering summer in the Northern Hemisphere the news that is coming in is definitely going to blow the fuses off: more heat waves, droughts, forest fires, crop failures, ene...
World, Climate, Global Governance The Climate Convention turns 30: But when will governments “grow up”?

By Richard Kinley

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UCNFCC), the world’s first climate change treaty, is 30 years old. It was adopted on 9 May 1992 and opened for signature at the Conf...
Celebrating Inspiring Women All Around the Globe

By Katoikos

“For thousands of years, society has been hopping along with only one leg, one foot – the male foot. It‘s time for society to be able to benefit from two legs, two feet.” Christiana Figueres, ...

Editorials End-of-Year Thoughts – For a Better 2023

By Katoikos

Two weeks from the finish line, 2022 can safely be said to have been a year of conflicts, tensions, and upheavals par excellence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February may still be th...

Armistice Call

By Katoikos

On this commemoration of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918, Marking the silencing of weapons at the end of World War I, We, the undersigned concerned citizens of the world, Call for a ceasefire...

Event overview: Global Governance – Breaking down or breaking new ground?

By Katoikos

An event under the title “Global Governance: Breaking down or breaking new ground?” was convened by the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and the Global Crisis Inform...

Gaming for a Better World

By Yoriko Yasukawa

Panel Discussion Summary by Yoriko Yasukawa* Today, over 3 billion people worldwide play video games, which span a hugely diverse range of forms and content. The industry generates more than U...

UN Appeal to world leaders and the UN Secretary-General

By Katoikos

ON THE OCCASION OF THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 77TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY by the former UN system staff members signing below In a couple of weeks, the 77th session of the United Na...

Reverse course and Abolish War

By Katoikos

Seventy-seven years ago today, on 6 August 1945, the United States Airforce dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, instantly killing an estimated 70,000 people – a number that would grow to abou...

BACK TO BASICS : LIVE AND HELP LIVE

By Katoikos

In the midst of a sweltering summer in the Northern Hemisphere the news that is coming in is definitely going to blow the fuses off: more heat waves, droughts, forest fires, crop failures, ene...

World, Climate, Global Governance The Climate Convention turns 30: But when will governments “grow up”?

By Richard Kinley

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UCNFCC), the world’s first climate change treaty, is 30 years old. It was adopted on 9 May 1992 and opened for signature at the Conf...

Celebrating Inspiring Women All Around the Globe

By Katoikos

“For thousands of years, society has been hopping along with only one leg, one foot – the male foot. It‘s time for society to be able to benefit from two legs, two feet.” Christiana Figueres, ...

UN75+25: The Pandemic as another Chance for Opening towards Omnilateralism?

By Wolfgang Pape

Calculations by the London School of Economics show it clearly. If early on Wuhan could have directly informed a truly “global health organisation” and the epidemic thus been restricted to its...

UN75+25: A history model for a model future

By Savio Alencar

The United Nations (UN) is formed by the so-called Member States that assemble to promote both world peace and world unity. However, despite humanitarian actions to help nations that suffer fr...

UN75+25: For a future that does not choose economy over life

By Thainá Freitas

We are living in dark times because of the pandemic of COVID-19, which has been affecting many structures of society. Many of the social and economic problems, though, are a historical phenome...

Art Motivations for Ecological Action #18

By Bob Haverluck

Art “Death Horse” by Ryan Fleming

By Ryan Fleming

‘Different Worldviews, Same Planet’ – Ryan Fleming

By Ryan Fleming

Submission Guidelines

By Katoikos

Submission requirements In order for your submission to be considered for publication, it must meet the following requirements: Articles must be between 500 to 1000 words in length. Articles m...

Russia, Europe, UN Geopolitics and ‘Rough Wooing’

UN, Russia, Europe Russia is less than its myths and the truth will set its peoples free

Europe, UN ANOTHER KIND OF ASSERTIVENESS FOR EUROPE: Peacebuilding Past, Present and Future

Russia, Europe, UN Geopolitics and ‘Rough Wooing’

UN, Russia, Europe Russia is less than its myths and the truth will set its peoples free

Europe, UN ANOTHER KIND OF ASSERTIVENESS FOR EUROPE: Peacebuilding Past, Present and Future

World, Climate, Global Governance The Climate Convention turns 30: But when will governments “grow up”?

World, Climate, Global Governance The Climate Convention turns 30: But when will governments “grow up”?