Globalization

Will private geoengineering lead to political conflicts?

Globalization The Editorial Board - June 4, 2025.

Private companies are starting to change the way we think about climate solutions. The focus has shifted from government programmes and international initiatives to the...

America is not immune to another COVID-style calamity

Globalization Gordon Brown - May 30, 2025.

While the COVID-19 pandemic is firmly in the past for many Americans, US households continue to bear the costs of infectious-disease outbreaks. A few months ago,...

Globalisation is in danger of breaking down – where is the IMF?

Globalization Desmond Lachman - May 24, 2025.

According to the International Monetary Fund’s Articles of Agreement, the Fund’s main purpose is to facilitate the balanced growth of international trade and thereby promote...

Fragmentation or unity? The WTO at the crossroads of global trading powers

Globalization Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - May 18, 2025.

Instead of the expected joint declaration, the finance ministers of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) clashed openly over US tariffs and the reform of the World...

When machines wage war—A global agreement on autonomous weapons systems is needed

Globalization The Editorial Board - May 13, 2025.

On 12 May, the United Nations General Assembly put the issue of autonomous weapons systems on the agenda for the first time, demonstrating that the...

What will replace the golden age of global health funding?

Globalization Sharmila Devi - May 9, 2025.

There is no easy pathway to safeguarding international aid and global public health in an era when rich donor countries have turned inwards. The message...

MAGA: Measles Are Great Again?

Globalization Ferry Biedermann - May 8, 2025.

It’s a sad commentary on the world when one of the surest ways to explain what’s going on is a reference to the 2006 futuristic...

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