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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, Europe 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 ...

Russia Nine months is enough

By francis.odonnell

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...
Europe The forgotten: people with disabilities in the Ukrainian war

By Renata Juliotti

War undermines the lives, health, and safety of all human beings, but for approximately 2.7 million persons with disabilities and their families living in Ukraine, the situation is much worse....

Russia, Europe A Rebranded Russia After Sanctions

By Johnatan Santos

Western forecasters predicted that Russia’s economy would collapse after unprecedented sanctions were imposed on Moscow as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. However, the Russian statistics ...
World, Politics Brazil – Risks of Reversed Elections

By Alejandro Zurita

More than support for the candidates, it seems that voters’ rejection of Bolsonaro or Lula will decide the presidential elections. A ‘country-continent’ with 215 million inhabitants, twice the...

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, Europe 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 ...

Russia Nine months is enough

By francis.odonnell

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...

Europe The forgotten: people with disabilities in the Ukrainian war

By Renata Juliotti

War undermines the lives, health, and safety of all human beings, but for approximately 2.7 million persons with disabilities and their families living in Ukraine, the situation is much worse....

Russia, Europe A Rebranded Russia After Sanctions

By Johnatan Santos

Western forecasters predicted that Russia’s economy would collapse after unprecedented sanctions were imposed on Moscow as a result of the conflict in Ukraine. However, the Russian statistics ...

World, Politics Brazil – Risks of Reversed Elections

By Alejandro Zurita

More than support for the candidates, it seems that voters’ rejection of Bolsonaro or Lula will decide the presidential elections. A ‘country-continent’ with 215 million inhabitants, twice the...

World 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...

Dialogue 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 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 ...

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...
World The challenges faced by refugees in a changing world

By Johnatan Santos

Historically speaking we, humans, are known for our ability to move, for our ability to migrate and adapt to new environments whatever those may be. Recent technological and economic advances ...

World 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...

Dialogue 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 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 ...

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...

World The challenges faced by refugees in a changing world

By Johnatan Santos

Historically speaking we, humans, are known for our ability to move, for our ability to migrate and adapt to new environments whatever those may be. Recent technological and economic advances ...

Citizen Correspondent 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 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...
Editorials 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...

Op-ed 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...
Editorials 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...

Editorials 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 NO TO THE INVASION OF UKRAINE

By Katoikos

The Executive Board of FOGGS – Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability puts before the FOGGS and Katoikos.world community the following petition that we hope will receive your appr...
Editorials Women in STEM that Changed the World

By Katoikos

This Friday, 11 February 2022 marks the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day that recognises the tremendous accomplishments set forth by women in the field of STEM (Scien...

Editorials 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...

Editorials 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...

Op-ed 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...

Editorials 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...

Editorials 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 NO TO THE INVASION OF UKRAINE

By Katoikos

The Executive Board of FOGGS – Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability puts before the FOGGS and Katoikos.world community the following petition that we hope will receive your appr...

Editorials Women in STEM that Changed the World

By Katoikos

This Friday, 11 February 2022 marks the 7th International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day that recognises the tremendous accomplishments set forth by women in the field of STEM (Scien...

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 “Death Horse” by Ryan Fleming

By Ryan Fleming

Art ‘Different Worldviews, Same Planet’ – Ryan Fleming

By Ryan Fleming

Art ‘Famine Horse’ – In observance of World Food Safety Day 2021

By Ryan Fleming

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