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What Threatens Press Freedom Today?
"Transparency is the missing ingredient in large media platforms today, with everyone in the dark about how proprietary algorithms sort people and prioritize messages. This should not lead us to condemn all social media, but we should be sensitive to how owners and authoritarians use them." (Mueller, 2021)
Reimagining Education for All in Africa
"At current rates, about 20% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa will still be excluded from schooling in 2030. But, besides seeking to expand access to education, policymakers should contextualize, simplify, and democratize school curricula and teaching methods." (Nshemereirwe, 2021)
Share the Intellectual Property on COVID-19
"Intellectual Property must serve the global good, rather than humanity serving the interests of a few private companies. And in the case of COVID-19, the global good is not in doubt: rapid worldwide immunization, in order to save lives, prevent the emergence of new variants, and end the pandemic." (Sachs, 2021)
Europe Needs a New Fiscal Framework
"Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union's fiscal rules were excessive and increasingly unworkable, reflecting the motives of distrustful member states more than economic common sense. If there is a silver lining to this crisis, it lies in the opportunity to debate and develop a new blueprint." (Pisani-Ferry, 2021)
Is There a War Coming Between China and the U.S.?
“What has made this return of Chinese, Iranian and Russian aggressive nationalism even more dangerous is that, in each country, it is married to state-led industries — particularly military industries — and it’s emerging at a time when America’s democracy is weakening” (Thomas L. Friedman, 2021).
I Run the W.H.O., and I Know That Rich Countries Must Make a Choice
“Almost one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered around the world, and yet the weekly number of cases hit a record high last week, and deaths are climbing, on pace to eclipse 2020’s grim tally. How can this be? Weren’t vaccines supposed to douse the flames of the pandemic?” (Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, 2021).
With a Feminist Foreign Policy, Biden Could Get Climate Change Right
“For the United States to truly play its part in global climate efforts, the U.S. NDC will have to reflect ambitions to do its fair share and strongly commit to human rights and gender equality. In turn, it could serve as a key entry point for a wholesale embrace of a feminist U.S. foreign policy” (Burns and Dolan, 2021).
Can Multilateral Cooperation Coexist with Great-Power Rivalry?
“Recent US initiatives concerning new IMF special drawing rights, corporate taxation, and climate change highlight America’s renewed support for global cooperation. The big question now is whether multilateralism can work – and how China will respond to these proposals, given rising bilateral tensions” (DERVIŞ and STRAUSS, 2021).
How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress
“In the years since” the establishment of the 1.5 degree target, “the number has dramatically reorganized global thinking around the climate, setting up the possibility that we might improve on the Paris timetable” (Bill McKibben, 2021).
I Met a Taliban Leader and Lost Hope for My Country
The author predicts that “we might lose most of what we have gained in the past two decades if the Taliban return to power. The future looks bleak, but Afghanistan can’t afford to stop trying to find a better way to move forward” (Farahnaz Forotan, 2021).
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