Contributors

Development cooperation is better than the conventional wisdom admits

A German sociologist’s systems theory highlights limits of global governance

The greatest problem in the Israel-Palestine conflict is that both sides have reason to believe the other one wants to destroy them.

Official development assistance has helped countries to prosper, and it increasingly serves global public goods.

The focus on racialised ideas of identities helps to hide problematic power dynamics in international relations

A term that can help to assess social dynamics in the USA is not useful in large parts of Africa and Asia

The more collective trauma grows, the harder it will be to achieve reconciliation between Israel and Palestine

Elon Musk’s barely concealed antisemitism hurts his advertising revenues, but does not seem to affect his relationship to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Three decades after UNCCC was adopted, it is clear that it did not deliver what it was supposed to deliver

The Islamist militia is authoritarian and feared by many Palestinians