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(Pandemic Age) Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response. A report

 THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM, LAWRENCE SUMMERS, NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, ANA BOTIN, MOHAMED EL-ERIAN, JACOB FRENKEL, REBECA GRYNSPAN, NAOKO ISHII, MICHAEL KREMER, KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW, LUIS ALBERTO MORENO, LUCREZIA REICHLIN, JOHN-ARNE RØTTINGEN, VERA SONGWE, MARK SUZMAN, TIDJANE THIAM, JEAN-CLAUDE TRICHET, NGAIRE WOODS, ZHU MIN, MASOOD AHMED, GUNTRAM B. WOLFF, VICTOR...

(Europe) Climate change and sovereign debt

STAVROS ZENIOS writes for Bruegel: The exposure of European Union sovereigns to climate risks can be acute, from extreme weather, or chronic, from the...

(Europe) Green spending priorities in European Union

KLAAS LENAERTS AND SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA write for Bruegel: Policymakers have made a clear commitment to use the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery plan, Next Generation EU, to...

(India) Energy transition in India

SARTHAK SHUKLA writes for Observer Research Foundation (ORF): Recently, the Indian oil refining giant of Reliance Industries announced its mega plan to invest US $10.1 billion...

(China/Pakistan) China-Pakistan: a relationship that continues

RAJESWARI PILLAI RAJAGOPALAN writes for Observer Research Foundation (ORF): The China-Pakistan military and strategic relationship continues to deepen. Recently, the Pakistan Army inducted its first batch...

(Brazil) Brazilians “impeach” Bolsonaro

Al Jazeera writes: A majority of Brazilians say they support impeaching Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, as the country’s far-right...

(Afghanistan) Power vacuum and Taliban’s role

Al Jazeera writes: US-led foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan after 20 years of war, and the Taliban is quickly filling the power vacuum. Fighters have made...

(Ethiopia) PM Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party won elections

Al Jazeera writes: Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has been declared the winner of last month’s national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term...

(South Africa) Violence in South Africa

Al Jazeera writes: South African police have arrested 28 people and one of the country’s biggest highways remained closed over violent protests against the imprisonment...

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