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Life in Plastic’s Not Fantastic: Why the Global Plastics Treaty Must Tackle Fossil Fuel-based Production and Subsidies

Posted Aug 13, 2025| by Overseas Development Institute

Although plastic production more than doubled to 460 million tonnes between 2000 and 2019, only 9% of plastic waste is successfully recycled. Fifty percent ends up in landfills, 19% is incinerated and 22% ends up in uncontrolled dumpsites on land, and in rivers, oceans and... Read More

Inflection Point or Continuing Spiral in the Middle East?

Posted on Aug 12, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Middle East Institute

In his analysis for the Middle East Institute, Paul Salem notes that after almost two years of fighting in Gaza, and the decimation of Hizballah, the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, and the 12-day Israeli-American war on Iran, the Middle East is in... Read More

A New Strategy to Empower the Single Market - Will the EU Finally Prioritise, Decide and Act - or Will its Leaders again only Express Lofty Aims?

Posted on Aug 13, 2025 | in category: Improving global governance | by Center for European Policy Studies

Following the publication of the European Commission’s new Single Market Strategy in May 2025, this Center for European Policy Studies ‘Explainer’ discusses one of the eternal EU questions: Will this be the strategy that finally empowers the single market to reach its potential? Recently, Member... Read More

Why the United States Should Not Fear a Space Pearl Harbor

Posted on Aug 12, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Rand Corporation

Some policymakers have warned that a Chinese-induced space Pearl Harbor risks leaving U.S. forces “deaf, dumb, blind, and impotent.” While China's counterspace capabilities pose a serious challenge, worst-case scenarios of quick and easy counterspace campaigns that leave the U.S. military incapacitated, are unrealistic Zachary Burdette... Read More

Digital Connectivity and Digital Informants in War

Posted on Aug 13, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Over the past twenty-five years, digital connectivity - including the internet and smartphones - has spread across the globe, also into every conflict zone. Today’s civilian observers of armed conflict are likely to have access to a smartphone that can transmit photos and videos, as... Read More

Stolen Generation – A Systematic Violation of Ukraine’s Future

Posted on Aug 11, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Globsec

Since 2014, Ukraine has endured the systematic deportation and forced assimilation of its children, practices that were only recognised significantly in 2022, notes Megan Gittoes in her article for Globsec. She suggests that Russia’s weaponization of population displacement and the deportation of children is one... Read More

Reviewing the Crime of Aggression: A Defining Moment for International Criminal Law

Posted on Aug 12, 2025 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Global Challenges Foundation

Under the current legal framework, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) ability to prosecute the crime of aggression is constrained. The Court lacks jurisdiction when non-States Parties are involved – either as aggressors or victims – unless the case is referred to the Court by the... Read More