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Time to Stop Betting the House: a response to the FSA

February 1, 2010 at 12:46 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comment

Report by David Steven in response to the FSA’s Mortgage Market Review

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Confronting the Long Crisis of Globalization: Risk, Resilience and International Order

January 26, 2010 at 2:59 am | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Brookings Institution report by Alex Evans, Bruce Jones and David Steven on how globalisation could fail – and how it could be made more resilient. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary World Economic Forum in Davos.

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on how globalisation could fail – and how it could be made more resilient. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary World Economic Forum in Davos.

Hitting Reboot – where next for climate after Copenhagen

December 21, 2009 at 5:07 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Climate and resource scarcity, Reports | Comments Off

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven analysing the post-Copenhagen context on climate change, including a proposed 12 point action plan. Written for the Brookings Institution / NYU Center on International Cooperation Managing Global Insecurity programme.

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Climate Change and Hunger: Responding to the challenge

December 13, 2009 at 1:05 am | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

World Food Programme report on the state of the science on what climate change means for hunger, plus policy recommendations. Authored by IPCC Impacts Chair Martin Parry with Mark Rosengrant, Tim Wheeler and Global Dashboard’s Alex Evans (December 2009)

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Scarcity, security and institutional reform

August 26, 2009 at 2:08 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Presentation by Alex Evans to a seminar organised for the UN Department of Political Affairs by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (August 2009)

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The Resilience Doctrine

July 9, 2009 at 3:23 pm | David Steven | More on Articles, Articles and Publications | Comments Off

Article by Alex Evans and David Steven on risk and resilience – part of a special in World Politics Review on risk and resilience in a globalized age (July 2009)

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An Institutional Architecture for Climate Change

May 10, 2009 at 1:00 am | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven exploring the future international institutional requirements for managing climate change, and including three scenarios for climate institutions between now and 2030.  Commissioned by the UK Department for International Development. (May 2009)

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Risks and Resilience in the New Global Era

February 17, 2009 at 7:09 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles, Articles and Publications | Comments Off

Article by Alex Evans and David Steven exploring resilience as a political agenda – part of a special edition of Renewal on the transformation of foreign policy (February 2009)

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A Tale of Two Cities

January 30, 2009 at 1:34 pm | David Steven | More on Articles, Articles and Publications | Comments Off

Climate and cities think piece, co-authored by David Steven and the British Council’s Peter Upton (29 January 2009)

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The Feeding of the Nine Billion

January 26, 2009 at 9:21 am | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Chatham House pamphlet by Alex Evans on how scarcity issues will shape the outlook for global food production, and the actions that policymakers need to take at the international level and in developing countries to ensure food security in the 21st century
(January 2009)

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2009 – A Year for International Reform

January 21, 2009 at 8:51 am | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Paper by David Steven, presented to Reforming International Institutions – Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century, a conference organized by the United Nations University and the British Embassy in Tokyo

(21 January 2009)

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Food prices: what next?

November 25, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by Alex Evans at the Tomorrow Network (25 November 2008)

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A Bretton Woods II Worthy of the Name

November 15, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Paper by Alex Evans and David Steven on financial reform and wider multilateralism, published ahead of the G20 ‘Bretton Woods II’ Summit (November 2008).

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The Future of Resilience

October 8, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by David Steven to RUSI Conference on UK Resilience (8 October 2008)

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Towards a Theory of Influence

July 11, 2008 at 12:22 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Chapters | Comments Off

Chapter by Alex Evans and David Steven in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office publication, ‘Engagement: public diplomacy in a globalised world’ (July 2008).

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Multilateralism for an Age of Scarcity

July 10, 2008 at 10:16 am | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Draft report by Alex Evans exploring multilateral system reforms needed in order to manage resource scarcity issues more effectively. The final version will be published in early 2010 (July 2008)

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Scarcity issues and conflict in Africa

July 8, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by Alex Evans at UK Parliament (8 July 2008)

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A Low Carbon World – Pathways to a Global Deal

July 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by David Steven at the UNU G8 Symposium (4 July 2008)

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Climate, scarcity and multilateralism

June 7, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by Alex Evans to United Nations Association UK (7 June 2008)

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The new public diplomacy and Afghanistan

June 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by David Steven to the UK Defence Academy’s Advanced Research and Assessment Group seminar on Strategic Communications, Public Diplomacy and Afghanistan (4 June 2008).

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Technology and Public Diplomacy

April 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by David Steven to the University of Westminster Symposium on Transformational Public Diplomacy (30 April 2008).

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Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development

April 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Briefing paper by Alex Evans, published through Chatham House’s food programme (April 2008).

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Looking Forward: how do we build resilience?

April 16, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Speech by David Steven to RUSI Conference on Critical National Infrastructure (16 April 2008).

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Shooting the Rapids: multilateralism and global risks

April 5, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Paper by Alex Evans and David Steven, commissioned by Gordon Brown and presented to heads of state at the Progressive Governance Summit (April 2008).

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Beyond a Zero-Sum Game on Climate Change

March 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Chapters | Comments Off

Chapter by Alex Evans and David Steven, as part of the British Council’s Transatlantic Network 2020 book ‘Talking Trans-Atlantic’ (March 2008).

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From Bali to Copenhagen: towards an endgame for global climate policy?

January 30, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles, Articles and Publications | Comments Off

Article by Alex Evans for the Environmental Policy & Law Journal (January 2008).

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Climate Change: The State of the Debate

December 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven, written for the London Accord (December 2007).

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The Post-Kyoto Bidding War: bringing developing countries into the fold

October 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

New paper by Alex Evans on climate policy after 2012 from the Center on International Cooperation (October 2007).

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Alternative CSR: the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

September 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Chapters | Comments Off

Chapter on the FCO from Manchester University Press’s Alternative Comprehensive Spending Review, by David Steven (September 2007).

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Fixing the UK’s Foreign Policy Apparatus: A Memo to Gordon Brown

April 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm | Alex Evans | More on Articles and Publications, Reports | Comments Off

Note by Alex Evans and David Steven about how to restructure the UK’s foreign policy system in order to manage trans-boundary global risks better (April 2007).

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Evaluation and the New Public Diplomacy

March 30, 2007 at 12:00 pm | David Steven | More on Articles and Publications, Speeches | Comments Off

Talk given by David Steven at the Wilton Park conference: The Future of Public Diplomacy. Focuses on strategies to drive public diplomacy to the heart of the foreign policy armoury (March 2007).

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Articles & Publications
Time to Stop Betting the House: a response to the FSA

Report by David Steven in response to the FSA’s Mortgage Market Review
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Confronting the Long Crisis of Globalization: Risk, Resilience and International Order

Brookings Institution report by Alex Evans, Bruce Jones and David Steven on how globalisation could fail – and how it could be made more resilient. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary World Economic Forum in Davos.

Hitting Reboot – where next for climate after Copenhagen

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven analysing the post-Copenhagen context on climate change, including a proposed 12 point action plan. Written for the Brookings Institution / NYU Center on International Cooperation Managing Global Insecurity programme.

Climate Change and Hunger: Responding to the challenge

World Food Programme report on the state of the science on what climate change means for hunger, plus policy recommendations. Authored by IPCC Impacts Chair Martin Parry with Mark Rosengrant, Tim Wheeler and Global Dashboard’s Alex Evans (December 2009)

Scarcity, security and institutional reform

Presentation by Alex Evans to a seminar organised for the UN Department of Political Affairs by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (August 2009)

The Resilience Doctrine

Article on risk and resilience by Alex Evans and David Steven – part of a special in World Politics Review on risk and resilience in a globalized age (July 2009)

An Institutional Architecture for Climate Change

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven exploring the future international institutional requirements for managing climate change, and including three scenarios for climate institutions between now and 2030. Commissioned by the UK Department for International Development. (May 2009)

Risks and Resilience in the New Global Era

Article by Alex Evans and David Steven exploring resilience as a political agenda – part of a special edition of Renewal on the transformation of foreign policy (February 2009)

A Tale of Two Cities

Climate and cities think piece, co-authored by David Steven and the British Council’s Peter Upton (29 January 2009)

The Feeding of the Nine Billion

Chatham House pamphlet by Alex Evans on how scarcity issues will shape the outlook for global food production, and the actions that policymakers need to take at the international level and in developing countries to ensure food security in the 21st century

2009 – A Year for International Reform

Paper by David Steven, presented to “Reforming International Institutions – Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century,” a conference organized by the United Nations University and the British Embassy in Tokyo (Jan 2009).

Food prices: what next?

Speech by Alex Evans at the Tomorrow Network (25 November 2008)

A Bretton Woods II Worthy of the Name

Paper by Alex Evans and David Steven on financial reform and wider multilateralism, published ahead of the G20 ‘Bretton Woods II’ Summit (November 2008).

The Future of Resilience

Speech by David Steven to RUSI Conference on UK Resilience (8 October 2008)

Towards a Theory of Influence

Chapter by Alex Evans and David Steven in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office publication, ‘Engagement: public diplomacy in a globalised world’ (July 2008).
Download Chapter

Multilateralism for an Age of Scarcity

Draft report by Alex Evans exploring multilateral system reforms needed in order to manage resource scarcity issues more effectively. The final version will be published in early 2010 (July 2008)

Scarcity issues and conflict in Africa

Speech by Alex Evans at UK Parliament (8 July 2008)

A Low Carbon World – Pathways to a Global Deal

Speech by David Steven at the UNU G8 Symposium (4 July 2008)

Climate, scarcity and multilateralism

Speech by Alex Evans to United Nations Association UK (7 June 2008)

The new public diplomacy and Afghanistan

Speech by David Steven to the UK Defence Academy’s Advanced Research and Assessment Group seminar on Strategic Communications, Public Diplomacy and Afghanistan (4 June 2008).

Technology and Public Diplomacy

Speech by David Steven to the University of Westminster Symposium on Transformational Public Diplomacy (30 April 2008).

Rising Food Prices: Drivers and Implications for Development

Briefing paper by Alex Evans, published through Chatham House’s food programme (April 2008).

Looking Forward: how do we build resilience?

Speech by David Steven to RUSI Conference on Critical National Infrastructure (16 April 2008).

Shooting the Rapids: multilateralism and global risks

Paper by Alex Evans and David Steven, commissioned by Gordon Brown and presented to heads of state at the Progressive Governance Summit (April 2008).

Beyond a Zero-Sum Game on Climate Change

Chapter by Alex Evans and David Steven, as part of the British Council’s Transatlantic Network 2020 book ‘Talking Trans-Atlantic’ (March 2008).

From Bali to Copenhagen: towards an endgame for global climate policy?

Article by Alex Evans for the Environmental Policy & Law Journal (January 2008).

Climate Change: The State of the Debate

Report by Alex Evans and David Steven, written for the London Accord (December 2007).

The Post-Kyoto Bidding War: bringing developing countries into the fold

New paper by Alex Evans on climate policy after 2012 from the Center on International Cooperation (October 2007).

Alternative CSR: the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Chapter on the FCO from Manchester University Press’s Alternative Comprehensive Spending Review, by David Steven (September 2007).

Fixing the UK’s Foreign Policy Apparatus: A Memo to Gordon Brown

Note by Alex Evans and David Steven about how to restructure the UK’s foreign policy system in order to manage trans-boundary global risks better (April 2007).

Evaluation and the New Public Diplomacy

Talk given by David Steven at the Wilton Park conference: The Future of Public Diplomacy. Focuses on strategies to drive public diplomacy to the heart of the foreign policy armoury (March 2007).

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Time to Stop Betting the House

Today, I launch a new paper on risk and resilience in the UK housing market. The report calls for a fundamental shift in the way in which the UK mortgage market is regulated and the how it operates.
The paper is published by the Long Finance Foundation, which is a counter to [...]

Confronting the Long Crisis of Globalization

Brookings Institution report by Alex Evans, Bruce Jones and David Steven on how globalisation could fail – or be made more resilient. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary World Economic Forum in Davos.

The best news on climate change for months. Maybe.

Bono endorses contraction and convergence – potentially kicking off a major (and long overdue) strategic rethink on climate change among NGOs and civil society

Copenfailure: a first analysis

A very rough first analysis of the Copenhagen Outcome, two hours after the summit finished.

How we talk about climate change

We’re kidding ourselves if we think that “green collar jobs” will persuade people to take serious action on climate change. A deeper narrative is required.

The window of opportunity on scarcity issues starts to close (updated x3)

With oil and food prices already back to July 07 levels, have policymakers missed the window of opportunity to take action when prices eased after the credit crunch?

The Pentagon’s new spiritual fitness programme

Exclusive interview with Brigadier-General Rhonda Cornum on the Pentagon’s new spiritual fitness training programme, which uses Stoic techniques.

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Down with collapse!

Enough already with all the talk of ‘collapse’, ‘descent’, ‘powerdown’. How about talking about ‘renewal’, ‘transformation’, ‘renaissance’?