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The UN says a new computer simulation tool could boost global development
MIT Technology Review In 2015, UN member states signed up for a set of 17 sustainable-development goals that are due to be reached by...
Supercharging Sustainable Development
Sean O'Neill, The Alan Turing Institute A bold new approach to development economics, championed by the Turing and the United Nations...
Is Turkey on moderation path in its foreign policy?
Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor Conciliatory messages coming out of Ankara recently may appear as an effort to moderate Turkish foreign policy...
The Next Challenge to U.S.-Israeli Ties: China
Ilan Berman, RealClearPolitics Earlier this month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Israel on his first foreign visit since the...
Trump to withdraw from ‘Open Skies’ Arms Control Treaty
David E. Sanger, The New York Times Mr. Trump’s decision, the third major retreat from arms control agreements, will be viewed as...
Europe crafts a fiscal lifeline
Felix Salmon, Axios Europe came one step closer to the long-held dream of fiscal union this week, as both France and Germany signed on to...
White House weighs shorter extension of nuclear arms pact with Russia
Bryan Bender, Politico The Trump administration is weighing a face-saving strategy for keeping an Obama-era nuclear treaty from expiring...
China could shape any result in its favor by putting off the WHO investigation until after pandemic
James Griffiths, CNN More than 100 countries had signed onto a resolution calling for an independent probe into the origins of the...
Israel, five countries mull formation of quarantine-free travel bloc
The Times of Israel In bid to jumpstart tourism, Greece, Cyprus, the Seychelles, Georgia and Montenegro — all boasting low infection...
The New World Disorder
Economist Staff, The Economist If America pulls back from global institutions, other powers must step forward. Read the full article HERE
Unprecedented World Health Assembly Convenes Online As Pandemic Rages
Jason Beaubien, NPR The 73rd World Health Assembly took place over teleconference with the main focus being the fight against the...
Why a Globally Accessible Vaccine Is Crucial to Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jamie Ducharme, Time 'No One in the World Is Safe Until Everybody's Safe.' If the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it’s the...
Turkey's aid diplomacy
Hilal Kaplan, Daily Sabah “On one hand, Turkey is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic on a national scale, it is also consolidating its...
EU offers more aid, membership to Balkans in riposte to China, Russia
Robin Emmott, Reuters The European Union’s 27 leaders on Wednesday gave their “unequivocal support” for the six Balkan countries to...
China ramps up COVID-19 diplomacy in Mideast
Sabena Siddiqui, Al-Monitor As the Trump administration tries to link the coronavirus to a Chinese laboratory, Beijing is using the...
Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy
Laura Rosenberger, Foreign Affairs Democratic countries view information as an empowering force in the hands of people: the free and open...
Australia's diplomatic spat with China over coronavirus investigation approaches farce
Stephen Dziedzic, ABC Australia An extraordinary diplomatic dispute between Australia and China over the COVID-19 outbreak has laid bare...
European Investment Bank will provide 10 Million Euros to Banks in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Times The European Investment Bank will provide EUR 10 million to Raiffeisen Leasing doo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
Covid-19 jolts West Africa, pushes Ecowas to action
Mohammed Momoh, Daily Nation The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, is choosing collective action to save its nearly 400 million people...
UAE and Malaysian Foreign Ministers review bilateral ties, global fight against COVID-19
Emirates News Agency Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Dato' Sri...
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