You will be pleased to know that this blog is now not only good for analysis, but is also sometimes first with the news…
Earlier today, Gordon Brown announced that he had appointed Des Browne as UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka. Two days ago I broke this news in my piece about the futility of UK envoy. Conclusion: Global Dashboard is well-informed, but not read by anyone in power…
If the politics of climate change end up polarised, is that so bad? No – it’s disastrous. Or so I’ve long thought. Look at the US – where climate is even more polarised than abortion. Result: decades of flip flopping. Ambition under Clinton; reversal...
Official development assistance (ODA) – or aid – is a small but conspicuous pillar of the international order, and its frailties are being exposed by COVID as surely as those of the other foundations of this order. The assumptions underpinning aid and its management...
Since its onset, one striking feature of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has been the narrative power of its novelty. This global narrative depicts COVID-19 pushing humanity towards a ‘historical divide’ of BC and AC (before and after COVID-19), where unknown,...