To support recipient countries sustainably, donor governments and institutions must respect regional cultures, argues Pirmin Spiegel, the director-general of Misereor, the Catholic development agency.

If the international community splinters into multiple orders, we will lose the race against climate change, social polarisation and biodiversity loss.

Agriculture and electric power generation are falling short

International organisations rarely follow set rules with regard to the inclusion or exclusion of members. For that reason, Christina Davis calls them “discriminatory clubs” in her book of the same name.

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

German international-development efforts benefit not only partner countries, but people living in Germany as well

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 international community must address urgent worldwide challenges with full determination

Israel has the legal obligation to stop the unprecedented humanitarian crisis on territory occupied by its troops.