Global Outlook

Curated expert opinion on intractable contemporary issues

COP28 – Massive Disappointments, Slight Glimmers of Hope

By Volker Boege  |  03 January, 2024

While many expectations were not met at COP28 and Pacific delegates expressed deep disappointment, ther were minor bright spots.

The Way We Were

By Nassrine Azimi  |  02 January, 2024

From Jewish school days in Tehran, to a wish and a prayer from Hiroshima.

COP28 Offers Too Little of an “Oasis" for AOSIS in a Desert of Climate Justice

By James Bhagwan  |  20 December, 2023

What does the “Dubai Consensus” actually mean for Pacific Small Island Developing States and the communities that they represent?

Hard-Fought COP28 Agreement on Fossil Fuels– But Climate Catastrophe Is Not Yet Averted

By Matt McDonald  |  15 December, 2023

As negotiators stagger towards their beds in Dubai and another year’s climate talks come to a close, it’s time to take stock. Did COP28 achieve the big breakthrough the world needs on climate change?

A Nuclear Attack by Design — or by Accident — Must Never Happen

By Thalif Deen  |  08 December, 2023

Excerpts from an interview with Hirotsugu Terasaki, Director General of Peace and Global Issues at Soka Gakkai International (SGI).

Exposing the Emerging Orientalist Narrative of Peace and Security for Afghanistan Part I

By Bashir Mobasher and Zakira Rasooli  |  04 December, 2023

A growing number of self-proclaimed Afghanistan observers in the West propagate the notion of a 'safe' and 'peaceful' Afghanistan under the Taliban.

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