Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday. António Guterres issued the warning during a …
Read More »Support Shifts away from Fossil Fuels Despite Rising Energy Prices -Survey
According to a new survey, there is strong global support – across all countries and demographic groups – for the energy transition to move away from fossil fuels. A majority of consumers worldwide expect their overall spending power to be significantly impacted by further energy price increases, yet …
Read More »Could the Federal Reserve Tackle Inflation?
Lantao Li After the latest monetary policy meeting, the Federal Reserve has decided to lift the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter-percentage point from the current rate of close to zero to a range of 0.25% and 0.5%. Most officials expect that the interest rates would rise …
Read More »Shifting to a Norms-Based Approach to International Arms Control
Michael Krepon, the co-founder of the Stimson Center, takes a look back at arms control efforts over his decades-long career in his new book, Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control. He joins Ploughshares Fund’s Press the Button podcast to discuss …
Read More »The development of warfare cyberspace in the United States of America
Giancarlo Valori Cybersecurity defence is the foundation of cyberspace combat capability and an important guarantee for military operations. Guided by the idea of military and industry-led collaboration, the United States of America and the United Kingdom make full use of industry technologies and capabilities to strengthen research and …
Read More »Peacebuilding in Eurasia
Timofey Bordacev he dramatic events taking place in Eastern Europe have lead to a truly massive military escalation in relations between the nuclear superpowers, so we can hardly look to the future with optimism or seriously think about the likelihood of a new international order, such as those …
Read More »Geopolitical Evolution of International Monetary System
Wei Honxgu The COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused great disruption to economic and social activities, but also promoted changes in the international monetary system and monetary policies. The international monetary environment dominated by the U.S. dollar, and the economic environment in the post-COVID-19 era will all undergo …
Read More »Ukraine war: Middle East food prices soaring, as donor fatigue kicks in
Amid growing donor fatigue and a brutal war in Ukraine that has diverted the world’s attention, the world must not forget millions of people in need across the Middle East and North Africa, the UN chief told the Security Council on Wednesday. António Guterres issued the warning during a …
Read More »Ukraine war fueling global economic downturn as growth projections slide
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the “main contributing factor” to the potentially devastating one per cent drop in projected global economic growth this year, UN development economists UNCTAD said on Thursday, in the body’s latest global economic update. “The main headline is a downgrading of the …
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