Eliminating nuclear weapons before they eliminate us
Last month on 24 October 2020, the Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW),
adopted in July 2017 by 122 states at the United Nations, reached 50
ratifications. This triggered the treaty's entry into...
Appel de l’ONU pour des fonds destinés à 28 millions de personnes en Afghanistan...
Edition Française: Discuter avec les Talibans ou les boycotter ? La question taraude les dirigeants occidentaux. Mais la tragédie humanitaire des Afghanes et des Afghans exige un certain pragmatisme. Selon l’AFP, la délégation...
2020 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature: Mia Couto
The Jan Michalski Foundation jury noted the “exceptional quality of the writing, which subtlely mixes orality and narrative, letters, tales, fables, dreams and beliefs, all in the heart of a historical reality,...
Virtual/hybrid conferences: Has there been an event reset since COVID?
Agent Provocateur is Global Insights’ oped section
In my small world of moderating at events, however, nothing much has changed – unfortunately. I had hoped that some of the best...
Focus on Afghanistan: The Essential Field Guide to Afghanistan. 4th fully-revised edition. (2014) –...
See additional articles on Afghanistan in Global Insights Magazine (search www.global-geneva.com) plus our specialised updated collection of good pieces on Afghanistan by other media. (See Nusereal link: https://www.nusereal.com/afghan.php)
Agenda 2021: a youth cure for the UN
Any new hire entering the United Nations these days must be struck by the fact that not only is the institution showing its age, but its top management is too. The UN...
Podcast interviews: STEP into a Better World – A call to action (9-10 December,...
As media partner with Impact17 for the STEP into a Better World conference in Geneva, Global Insights Magazine and Global Geneva Group have co-hosted a number of pod interviews (available below) with...
Looking at Davos: the how-to of successful virtual meetings
The coronavirus pandemic has promoted a lot of new thinking as to how one can produce an inciteful and competitive online gathering that will draw both participants and audiences. Many people are...
Swiss crypto: what comes next and why you should care about it
You may have no interest in cryptocurrencies or consider them a Ponzi rip-off like Nouriel Roubini or Nobel Economics Prizewinner Paul Krugman, i.e. you don't want to be the last crypto holder...
La neutralité suisse peut-elle être un modèle pour l’Europe ?
La neutralité suisse intrigue et fait débat. Le
livre de Micheline Calmy-Rey dit tout ce que nous aurions toujours voulu savoir
sur les voies empruntées par le Conseil fédéral à ce propos. Ancienne conseillère
d’État...
Chappatte: Plunging into the depths of the Coronavirus wave
ENGLISH VERSION:
The second wave of Covid-19 has hit millions hard on all continents. The disbelief felt since last March has been succeeded by the anguish many of...
Focus on Afghanistan: The country’s ‘Businesswoman of the Year’ escapes from Kabul.
Like a Horror Movie
It is Monday, 16 August 2021. Hassina Syed, who is 41, is in central Kabul when her mobile phone rings. Her friend screams, shouting into...
My FTX crypto horror story
FTX iced me out of its community channel because I showed it was a shambles even last January.
Switzerland’s proposed responsible business reforms: no great expectations
Agent Provocateur is Global Geneva’s oped section.
The campaigners for the initiative were attempting to end the impunity of Swiss multinational corporations against human rights abuses and environmental...
L’Appel de Genève demande la libération de Julian Assange
C’est au nom des valeurs humanitaires enracinées à Genève, Cité de paix, du dialogue et des droits de l’Homme que cet appel est lancé, affirment les signataires. Julian Assange, dont la santé...
‘Your brain is hazardous to your wealth’ — warns investing whiz Patrick Geddes
Patrick’s only partly joking. Co-founder and former CEO of Aperio Group, a pioneer in custom index equity portfolios delivering tax optimization with $42 billion under management at the end of 2020 when...
The Public-Relations Industry Grabs a Foothold in the UN
The following article was first published by Passblue.com, an independent, women-led journalism site based in New York that closely covers the US-UN relationship, women’s issues, human rights, peacekeeping and other key...
The Switzerland-China Agreement: the dangers of becoming Beijing’s security satellite
Switzerland's
latest "lives for money" scheme with the People's Republic of China
has the Bern government offering to sacrifice basic civil liberties of
individuals residing and seeking asylum on its soil – — with neither...
Geneva and Afghanistan: War and peace in the time of COVID-19
For most people around the world, 2020 will be remembered as the year of COVID-19. A period that redefined anxiety, isolation, and abandonment and rekindled the spirit of community, connections, and solidarity...
Good journalism is not enough. The real issue is how to fund it.
The following article is one of a series examining the role of independent journalism as a crucial component for disseminating solutions-based information in the public interest, particularly youth. If you like...
Conflit israélo-palestinien: Un changement de paradigme est nécessaire
EDITION FRANCAISE: Que fait l’ONU par rapport à la situation des droits humains dans les Territoires palestiniens occupés depuis 1967 ?
L’ONU est une grande organisation avec plusieurs parties....
FIFDH 2023 : « L’humiliation est un non-dit permanent en géopolitique »
EDITION FRANCAISE: Irène Challand a pris ses fonctions de co-directrice et directrice des programmes du FIFDH en septembre dernier. Dotée d’une solide expérience dans le domaine du journalisme et du cinéma, elle...
Urgence climatique : piqûre de rappel du Secrétaire général de l’ONU et livre pour...
Dans une déclaration publiée le 26 févier 2021, le Secrétaire général de l’ONU António Guterres a tiré une nouvelle fois la sonnette d’alarme : Le moment est venu. La coalition mondiale engagée à...
The 2021 Martin Ennals Award: Yu Wensheng of China
Updated: 1850 Hours. Thursday, 11 February, 2021. The Awards ceremony, including profile videos of the three finalists, can be watched HERE.
Agent Provocateur is Global Geneva’s op-ed column for quality...
Switzerland stumbles again in COVID’s ‘third wave’
For a wealthy country boasting a leading pharmaceutical and medical research hub, Switzerland has dealt poorly with the corona crisis.
Update...
Switzerland and the pandemic: Does the economy matter more?
UPDATED 9 December, 2020: Unlike most Europeans and North Americans, East Asians take their masks seriously. From China, Taiwan and Thailand to Singapore, people have tended traditionally to wear face gear in...
The ex-monk and the Thai sex mafia: helping victims find another way
We have selected Hartanto Gunawan as one of our Global Genevans. These are inspired individuals, such as French water wizard Alain Gachet, Danish environmentalist Inger Andersen or Swiss ornithologist Luc Hoffmann,...
Letter from Geneva and France: Brexit’s betrayal of young people
One only need arrive at Geneva airport, which serves Swiss, French, and Italian mountain resorts, to witness the humiliating degradation of British travellers. It’s particularly galling on Saturdays when the flights come...
Philip and Sadruddin: Two extraordinary visionaries
PERSONAL VIEW
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, 27th January, 2017
Dear Ms.Willday,
The Duke of Edinburgh has asked me to write and thank you for...
Rencontre Biden et Poutine: une bonne chose pour Genève
« La rencontre entre les présidents des Etats-Unis et de la Russie est la meilleure chose qui pouvait arriver à Genève et à la Genève internationale » Le Président du Conseil d’État de Genève
Focus on Afghanistan: Terror attacks and the guilt of leaving.
GENEVA: What everyone feared has happened. A suicide bomber attacked in the midst of the chaos of panicked people at the airport in Kabul. More than 100 dead and over 150 injured,...
WIKI’s Centennial Expedition: A multimedia venture to help save the Med
Our HelpSaveTheMed Multimedia Initiative in the public interest.
Dominique Ziegler rejoint Miss Marple à l’hôtel Beltram
Toutes illustrations Dominique Ziegler.
Après avoir brillamment écrit et mis en scène des pièces de théâtre évoquant des instants de vie de personnages historiques comme Jaurès, Lénine, Rousseau, Calvin,...
The poor are everywhere: what can one person do?
Agent Provocateur is Global Insights’ op-ed section.
Over the past
year and a half, the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened hunger and poverty in many
parts of the world. According to the World...
COVID-19: Anti-vaccine paranoia, disinformation and disregard for others undermine end to pandemic
The refusal by so many to vaccinate is not only endangering lives but also subverting global efforts to turn the pandemic around. As the World Health Organization, GAVI, UNICEF and a host...
Avraham Burg: A federal system for Israel
“I would like to explore the possibility of introducing the federal system in Israel” Avraham Burg
In a lecture at the Global Studies Institute
(GSI) you explained why the...
The case for letting go of humanitarian reform
While there’s consensus that the humanitarian system is under stress, successive waves of reform over the past couple of decades have failed. Five years after a laundry list of changes were agreed...
To Be or Not to Be: Russia’s UN political appointees on the spot.
William Dowell’s regular Tom’s Paine column.
See update at bottom
How do you act when you are supposed to represent the world’s leading international organization...
Geneva Press Club Panel on Water: weapon of war or instrument of peace?
In 2017, the IPU’s Committee on Middle East Questions held two round tables on the question of water in the region. You will participate in a panel concerning water security and...
Montreux et Vevey, une atmosphère de dolce vita en Suisse
Montreux, ville de musique, avec le Festival de jazz le plus célèbre du monde. Vevey, ville d’images, Corsier-sur-Vevey et son captivant Chaplin’s World élu meilleur musée d’Europe en 2018 par l'Académie européenne...
Cent ans de multilatéralisme actif à Genève
EDITION FRANCAISE: L’éditrice Suzanne Hurter déclare dans un message filmé de présentation : « J’ai eu envie de réaliser cet ouvrage, lorsque j’ai appris que la Société des Nations fêtait son centième anniversaire. Il...
Une étude soutenue par l’ONU et un livre pour expliquer l’Histoire mondiale du bonheur
Peut-on classer le bonheur des citoyens vivant des réalités diverses dans des Nations aux situations parfois diamétralement opposées ? Affirmatif, estime une étude compilée sous l’égide de l’Organisation des Nations Unies, publiée le...
L’ancien président suisse Adolf Ogi lance trois suggestions : à l’ONU, au pape François et...
ÉDITION FRANÇAISE: Adolf Ogi a eu un parcours exceptionnel. Né le 18 juillet 1942 à Kandersteg (canton de Berne), il a été directeur de la Fédération suisse de ski, conseiller national, conseiller fédéral,...
Building Bridges for Geneva and the world: Breaking the silos
On the face of it,
what International Switzerland has to offer is exceptional in the way of
knowledge, expertise and diplomacy, particularly with regard to the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But unless more appropriate...
Chappatte plonge ‘Au cœur de la vague du coronavirus’
EDITION FRANCAISE: La deuxième vague de Covid-19 frappe de plein fouet des millions de citoyens sur tous les continents. À l’incrédulité ressentie depuis mars dernier a succédé l’angoisse. Pour tenter de comprendre...
Outgrowing capitalism: a Geneva expert shows how and why we should do it
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is definitely part of the answer Marco Dondi proposes for the multiple crises facing developed as well as developing countries. But the management specialist worries that setting the...
Internships: My experience with a human rights foundation
I still remember that day about a year ago when the Communication Manager from the Martin Ennals Foundation (MEF) called me to tell me that I was hired for the internship. I...
Le théâtre pour sensibiliser, briser le silence et universaliser
EDITION FRANCAISE
Le théâtre peut-il contribuer à l’intégration d’un migrant ou d’un réfugié ?
Il ne faut pas donner au théâtre des dimensions qui ne...
Preparing for the worst
"Essentially we are playing Russian roulette,” says Andrew Leigh. And the biggest threat is the political groundswell known as 'populism'. "We need to move quickly to take that bullet out of...
America’s – and NATO’s – Afghanistan disaster: Still a possible peace solution with a...
By Edward Girardet & Peter Jouvenal
The following article was shortlisted but not finally selected by the Geneva-based Oslo Forum as part of its 2021 Peace Writer Prize. A...
