Global Eye in dialogue
- Mapping and protecting biodiversity with Africa’s indigenous peoples. In dialogue with Thomas Smith (UCLA)
- The complexity of ‘gender’: for a women-led development. In dialogue with Sunaina Kumar, Observer Research Foundation
- Sustainable agriculture, climate change and nutrition: a complex challenge. In dialogue with Shoba Suri, Observer Research Foundation
Global Eye On
- Extreme competition, particularly in the field of technology, encounters profound fragmentation of human societies and the weakness of institutional systems. We need ruling classes in the future already present. Competizione tecnologica, frammentazione sociale, debolezza politico-istituzionale – Technological competition, social fragmentation, political-institutional weakness (Marco Emanuele)
- The Mayors of Incheon Metropolitan City, San Francisco, Belém, Barranquilla and Durban promote ‘Nature Positive-Cities’, an initiative for more sustainable and resilient cities with and through nature. Nature-Positive Cities. La resilienza delle città passa dalla natura – Nature-Positive Cities. The resilience of cities through nature (Marco Emanuele)
- Amidst protests, the UN Climate Ambition Summit closed in New York. Towards COP28, a complex approach is needed (at the same time, of a values-based perspective and pragmatic) to ensure the necessary care for the future of humanity and the planet. Il necessario realismo per gestire la transizione ecologica – The necessary realism to manage the ecological transition (Marco Emanuele)
- In the face of migration, our identities demand protection. Our ‘who we are’ is fundamental but a broader view is needed. The nation State and the reasons for necessary containment. Migrazioni. Tra umanità, identità e contenimento – Migration. Between humanity, identity and containment (Marco Emanuele)
- Coinciding with the mobilisation of 12,700 members of the United Auto Workers against Ford, General Motors and Chrysler’s parent company, Stellantis, the Presidents of the US and Brazil announce the U.S.-Brazil Partnership for Workers’ Rights. Biden e Lula insieme per la U.S.-Brazil Partnership for Workers’ Rights. Una sfida complessa – Biden and Lula together for the U.S.-Brazil Partnership for Workers’ Rights. A complex challenge (Marco Emanuele)
- The UN Secretary General’s words at the opening of the UN General Assembly call for effective multilateral governance. Our comment, according to complexity. O la riforma o la frattura. L’appello di Guterres – Reform or fracture. The appeal of Guterres (Marco Emanuele)
- Mentre nel mondo si moltiplica il bisogno di dialogo, la diplomazia culturale si mostra con la sua potenzialità trasformativa. L’arte, complessa in essenza, è parte del nostro viaggio nella realtà. Per generare speranza. La ‘‘Collezione Farnesina’ arriva presso il Consolato italiano e l’Istituto di Cultura di New York. La potenza trasformativa della diplomazia culturale. La ‘Collezione Farnesina’ a New York (Redazione)
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La rivolta sul clima clima passa anche da un gruppo di anziane signore svizzere. Global Eye ne segue la storia per esaminare gli aspetti complessi di questo riappropriarsi di rappresentatività in Paesi ad alto tasso di democrazia. Un gruppo di anziane donne svizzere combatte per il clima e arriva al Consiglio d’Europa (la sentenza potrebbe cambiare la storia) (Carlo Rebecchi)
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DAILY FROM GLOBAL THINK TANKS
SYSTEMIC SUSTAINABILITY
AGEING POPULATION
Madeleine North (World Economic Forum) scrive sul fenomeno strutturale, e globale, dell’invecchiamento della popolazione. Le Nazioni Unite prevedono che il numero di ultrasessantacinquenni raddoppierà entro il 2050
Madeleine North (World Economic Forum) writes about the structural, and global, phenomenon of increasing life expectancy and ageing population. The United Nations predicts that the number of people over 65 will double by 2050
How 4 countries are addressing their ageing populations | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
CLIMATE IMPACT & ACTION – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – SDGs
(1) Gail Whiteman (World Economic Forum) scrive dei cambiamenti climatici nelle regioni polari e di come ciò metta in pericolo il raggiungimento degli SDGs
Gail Whiteman (World Economic Forum) writes about climate change in polar regions and how this endangers the achievement of the SDGs
Why are the Sustainable Development Goals on such thin ice? | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
(2) Ewan Thmson (World Economic Forum) scrive di MapBiomas, rete collaborativa di oltre 70 organizzazioni in Brasile e in altri 14 Paesi, che, dal 1985, elabora mappe particolarmente dettagliate che potrebbero contribuire ad accelerare alcuni degli Obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile per la protezione e il ripristino degli ecosistemi
Ewan Thmson (World Economic Forum) writes about MapBiomas, a collaborative network of more than 70 organisations in Brazil and 14 other countries, which, since 1985, has been producing particularly detailed maps that could help accelerate some of the Sustainable Development Goals for the protection and restoration of ecosystems
(3) Grace Stanhope (Lowy The Interpreter) scrive dell’intensificarsi dei fenomeni climatici estremi nei Paesi in via di sviluppo, alcuni dei quali sono ‘Stati falliti’. L’Autrice sottolinea l’importanza di rafforzare le istituzioni e la governance in quei Paesi
Grace Stanhope (Lowy The Interpreter) writes about the intensification of extreme weather phenomena in developing countries, some of which are ‘failed States’. The author emphasises the importance of strengthening institutions and governance in those countries
Post-disaster aid in developing and fragile states | Lowy Institute
(4) Maame Akua T Yawson e Kwame Mensa-Yawson (World Economic Forum) scrive della Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership, piattaforma per la cooperazione tra più parti interessate al fine di ridurre l’inquinamento da plastica in modo misurabile. Il modello di piano d’azione nazionale può essere un modello per altri Paesi per adottare un approccio multi-stakeholder alla riduzione dell’inquinamento da plastica
Maame Akua T Yawson and Kwame Mensa-Yawson (World Economic Forum) write about the Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership, a platform for multi-stakeholder cooperation to reduce plastic pollution in a measurable way. The model national action plan can be a model for other countries to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to reducing plastic pollution
How Ghana tackles plastic pollution and lessons learned | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
(5) Douglas Broom (World Economic Forum) scrive dell’ importanza dell’innovazione nell’ambito delle energie rinnovabili. Secondo un report del World Economic Forum, ‘Fostering Effective Energy Transition’, il 95% dei Paesi ha migliorato il punteggio dell’Energy Transition Index nell’ultimo decennio: negli ultimi tre anni, però, si rileva solo una ‘crescita marginale’
Douglas Broom (World Economic Forum) writes about the importance of innovation in renewable energy. According to a report by the World Economic Forum, ‘Fostering Effective Energy Transition’, 95 per cent of countries have improved their Energy Transition Index score over the last decade: in the last three years, however, only ‘marginal growth’ has been recorded
5 renewable energy innovations to fight the climate emergency | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
(6) Kate Whiting e Madeleine North (World Economic Forum) scrivono dell’impatto ambientale dell’eccessiva domanda di estrazione di sabbia, triplicata negli ultimi due decenni fino a raggiungere i 50 miliardi di tonnellate all’anno. Gli Autori segnalano un report di World Economic Forum, ‘Nature-Positive Industry Sector Transitions’
Kate Whiting and Madeleine North (World Economic Forum) write about the environmental impact of excessive demand for sand mining, which has tripled in the last two decades to 50 billion tonnes per year. The authors point to a World Economic Forum report, ‘Nature-Positive Industry Sector Transitions’
Sand mining: how it impacts the environment and solutions | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
FOOD SYSTEM
Oliver Wright e Andrew Moose (World Economic Forum) scrivono dell’importanza, visti i problemi alla salute creati dalla tendenza crescente all’obesità, di lavorare per l’obiettivo di migliorare la qualità del sistema alimentare globale. World Economic Forum individua cinque vie
Oliver Wright and Andrew Moose (World Economic Forum) write about the importance, given the health problems created by the growing trend towards obesity, of working towards the goal of improving the quality of the global food system. World Economic Forum identifies five ways
The path to a sustainable food system is health and nutrition | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
GENDER
Ratna Sahay e Kehinde Ajayi (World Economic Forum) scrivono dell’importanza di ridurre le disparità di genere. Secondo le Autrici, ciò porterebbe a un aumento di circa il 25% del reddito nei mercati emergenti. Occorre che tutti i Paesi si dotino di una National Gender Mainstreaming Strategy
Ratna Sahay and Kehinde Ajayi (World Economic Forum) write about the importance of reducing gender inequality. According to the authors, this would lead to an increase of about 25 per cent in income in emerging markets. There is a need for all countries to have a National Gender Mainstreaming Strategy
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Atlantic Council e Atlantik-Brücke riuniscono Berlino i leader economici e finanziari delle due sponde dell’Atlantico. Focus dell’incontro: l’utilizzo degli strumenti di statecraft economico
Atlantic Council and Atlantik-Brücke bring together Berlin’s economic and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic. Focus of the meeting: the use of economic statecraft instruments
Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics – Atlantic Council
WORLDS (GEOSTRATEGIES)
AFGHANISTAN
Saman Ayesha Kidwai (MP-IDSA) scrive di un vero proprio apartheid per le donne in Afghanistan sotto il regime talebano
Saman Ayesha Kidwai (MP-IDSA) writes about a real apartheid for women in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime
BRICS
Aditya Bhan (Observer Research Foundation) scrive in termini critici sul recente allargamento del gruppo BRICS. Secondo l’Autore, Pechino sta già operando bilateralmente in chiave di de-dollarizzazione con alcuni Paesi membri. Solo l’India, secondo Bhan, ha le possibilità di rimanere indipendente rispetto alla Cina
Aditya Bhan (Observer Research Foundation) writes in critical terms about the recent enlargement of the BRICS group. According to the author, Beijing is already operating bilaterally in de-dollarisation with some member countries. Only India, according to Bhan, has a chance to remain independent of China
BRICS expansion is a desperate bid to maintain relevance | ORF (orfonline.org)
INDIA
Ravinder Singh (MP-IDSA) scrive a proposito della regione indiana del Ladakh e dei rischi legati ai sempre più frequenti e intensi eventi atmosferici. L’Autore evidenzia come l’esperienza del Ladakh dimostri la necessità di una cooperazione globale e di pratiche sostenibili per affrontare il riscaldamento del pianeta
Ravinder Singh (MP-IDSA) writes about the Indian region of Ladakh and the risks associated with increasingly frequent and intense weather events. The author highlights how the Ladakh experience demonstrates the need for global cooperation and sustainable practices to tackle global warming
JAPAN
(1) Makiko Eda (World Economic Forum) scrive che, visto il declino della popolazione rurale in Giappone, vi è la necessità di ripensare le economie locali cogliendo l’opportunità di una economia circolare sostenibile
Makiko Eda (World Economic Forum) writes that, given the declining rural population in Japan, there is a need to rethink local economies by seizing the opportunity of a sustainable circular economy
Could a circular economy save Japan’s declining rural areas? | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)
(2) Souknilanh Keola (East Asia Forum) scrive che il Giappone, pur tra difficoltà, ancora si posiziona come principale erogatore di aiuti allo sviluppo infrastrutturale per l’ASEAN
Souknilanh Keola (East Asia Forum) writes that Japan, despite difficulties, still ranks as the main provider of infrastructure development aid to ASEAN
Japan builds on ASEAN’s infrastructure ambitions | East Asia Forum
NEPAL – CHINA
Saurav Raj Pant (MP-IDSA) scrive della visita del Primo Ministro nepalese a Pechino che viene dopo quella effettuata in India. La politica estera del Nepal muove tra India e Cina e nella volontà di mantere rapporti positivi, pur nelle turbolenze geopolitiche, con entrambi i Paesi
Saurav Raj Pant (MP-IDSA) writes about the Nepalese Prime Minister’s visit to Beijing, which comes after his visit to India. Nepal’s foreign policy moves between India and China and the desire to maintain positive relations, despite geopolitical turmoil, with both countries
PAKISTAN
Syed Fazl-e-Haider (Lowy The Interpreter) scrive del delicato problema della blasfemia in Pakistan. Dopo i recenti e gravi incidenti, il Paese è a un bivio: diventare ostaggio degli estremisti o avviare una repressione dei gruppi estremisti che continuano a nascere
Syed Fazl-e-Haider (Lowy The Interpreter) writes about the sensitive issue of blasphemy in Pakistan. After the recent serious incidents, the country is at a crossroads: become hostage to the extremists or initiate a crackdown on the extremist groups that continue to spring up
Pakistan at a crossroads on blasphemy | Lowy Institute
RUSSIA
(1) Gennady Rudkevich (East Asia Forum) scrive del progressivo deterioramento della situazione russa dopo il fallito golpe da parte di Yevgeny Prigozhin. L’Autore descrive le difficoltà interne di Putin e la mancanza di fiducia dei partner asiatici verso Mosca
Gennady Rudkevich (East Asia Forum) writes about the gradual deterioration of the Russian situation after the failed coup by Yevgeny Prigozhin. The author describes Putin’s internal difficulties and the lack of trust of Asian partners towards Moscow
Wagner’s final symphony damages Russian reliability | East Asia Forum
(2) Pavel Luzin (The Jamestown Foundation) scrive sulla situazione dell’industria russa della difesa. Tra l’ottimismo del Cremlino e la complessità della realtà
Pavel Luzin (The Jamestown Foundation) writes about the situation of the Russian defence industry. Between the optimism of the Kremlin and the complexity of reality
Dubious Russian Claims of ‘Doubling’ Arms Production – Jamestown
RUSSIA – TATARSTAN – CHINA
Paul Globe (The Jamestown Foundation) scrive a proposito della crescente influenza cinese in Tatarstan e lungo il Medio Volga. L’Autore riflette sulle intenzioni di Pechino e sul futuro dell’influenza del Cremlino
Paul Globe (The Jamestown Foundation) writes about the growing Chinese influence in Tatarstan and along the Middle Volga. The author reflects on Beijing’s intentions and the future of the Kremlin’s influence
Tatarstan Capitalizes on China’s Expanding Role in Middle Volga – Jamestown
UK – CPTPP – JAPAN
Satoru Kohda e Ayaka Hiraki (East Asia Forum) scrivono dell’adesione di Londra al Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) e dell’importanza per il Giappone
Satoru Kohda and Ayaka Hiraki (East Asia Forum) write about London’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the importance for Japan
The United Kingdom’s CPTPP accession a boon to Japan | East Asia Forum
UKRAINE
Vladimir Socor (The Jamestown Foundation) scrive che la ‘dis-occupazione’ dei domini marittimi e litoranei dell’Ucraina nel Mar Nero è il messaggio più importante dei discorsi di Zelenskyy alle Nazioni Unite. Mettendo insieme prospettive nazionali e globali, il messaggio sottolinea indirettamente la discrepanza tra gli obiettivi ucraini e la diplomazia occidentale
Vladimir Socor (The Jamestown Foundation) writes that the ‘dis-occupation’ of Ukraine’s maritime and littoral domains in the Black Sea is the most important message of Zelenskyy’s speeches to the UN. By bringing together national and global perspectives, the message indirectly underlines the discrepancy between Ukrainian goals and Western diplomacy
Zelenskyy Calls for De-Occupation of Ukraine’s Black Sea Domain – Jamestown
USA – PACIFIC ISLANDS
Meg Keen e Daniel Mandell (Lowy The Interpreter) descrivono il positivo work in progress dei rapporti tra Washington e i Paesi insulari del Pacifico. Gli Autori sottolineano che Washington deve fare attenzione a bilanciare le sue preoccupazioni per la sicurezza con le priorità di sviluppo dei PIC
Meg Keen and Daniel Mandell (Lowy The Interpreter) describe the positive work in progress of relations between Washington and the Pacific Island countries. The authors emphasise that Washington must be careful to balance its security concerns with the development priorities of the PICs
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on | Lowy Institute
USA – UKRAINE
(1) Esperti del think tank Atlantic Council scrivono della visita di Volodymyr Zelenskyy a Washington, tra messaggi trionfanti e ostacoli politici. Intanto, la Casa Bianca si sta rifiutando di fornire all’Ucraina i missili a lungo raggio richiesti
Experts from the think tank Atlantic Council write about Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington, amid triumphant messages and political obstacles. Meanwhile, the White House is refusing to supply Ukraine with the requested long-range missiles
Experts react: Zelenskyy faces down Washington roadblocks – Atlantic Council
(2) Jonathan Masters e Will Merrow (Council on Foreign Relations) analizzano, in sei carte, gli aiuti degli Stati Uniti all’Ucraina, quantificati in 75 miliardi di dollari dall’inizio della guerra
Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow (Council on Foreign Relations) analyse, in six papers, US aid to Ukraine, quantified at $75 billion since the beginning of the war
