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Forecasting Time
Around November each year, we at GPF begin our forecasting process for the coming year. In a real sense, we are always forecasting, as our analysis…
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Biden’s Democracy Summit Needs to Produce More Than a Bland Statement
U.S. President Joseph Biden is preparing to fulfill a campaign promise by convening a virtual group of over 100 world leaders in early December for the…
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In Glasgow, I Saw Three Big Shifts in The Climate Conversation
Last week I spent three fantastic days at the global climate summit (known as COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. My main impression is how much things have…
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US Taliban Recognition Would be A Game-Changer
Fast US pivot towards recognition of former battlefield adversary will likely have caught China by surprise The disclosure in Brussels on Tuesday that the US is…
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Japan: Pressure From Populist right to Scrap ‘Peace Constitution’ After 75 Years
The relative success of the populist right-wing Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai or JIP), which increased its vote to emerge as the third-largest party…
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The EU’s Big Eastern Problems
Let's take a trip along the eastern fringes of the EU today, where two big problems are brewing at a time when Brussels seems particularly unable…
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Poland-Belarus Border Crisis Points to Cynicism and Hypocrisy
As the crisis on the border between Poland and Belarus deepens, the EU is helpless as Minsk and Warsaw engage in cynical power politics. The migrants…
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Everyone Suffers When America Turns Its Back
The on-off US foreign policy of the 21st century is damaging the world and America itself — the government must be shrewder and more consistent. American…
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Climate Finance: It’ll be Cheaper in the Long Run If Poorer Countries Receive It As A Matter of Urgency
The almost mystical Green Climate Fund is back in the headlines at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The fund grew out of a promise made…
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Facebook Meta: Rebranding Itself out of Trouble or Building a Dystopian Future?
Zuckerberg’s plans for an address in the metaverse opened to a lukewarm reception as young users flee and gamers yawn. Meta also cannot erase the fact…
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Bangladesh’s Geopolitical Position Provides for Unique Opportunities
Born during the height of the Cold War, Bangladesh is a nation state that is uniquely embroiled in the machinations of geopolitics. There seems to have…
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Imported Deforestation: How Europe Contributes to Tree Loss Worldwide, and What We Can Do About It
Forest area is increasing in Europe, mainly because farms are getting fewer and smaller. This should be good news, but it must be put into perspective…
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Justice For Assange is Justice For All
When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, he said,…
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How to Create Global Citizens?
To take full advantage of this diversity, students need to be equipped with multicultural collaborative skills. Over the past fifteen years, experts in higher education have…
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A Tale of Two Facebook Leaks
IN APRIL, SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE a Facebook employee named Frances Haugen became the most famous whistle blower in the company’s history, The Guardian’s Julia Carrie Wong…
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Afghanistan: What is The Taliban’s Religious Ideology?
Despite the Taliban's military victory, it remains to be seen whether they will be able to impose their extremely conservative religious view of society on the…