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Will US Opposition to UN’s Socio-Economic Goals Play a Decisive Role in the Vote for Next Secretary-General?
As the campaign for a new UN secretary-general gathers momentum, will the US exercise the decisive vote — or the veto– in the…
In Sikkim, Snow Leopards and Communities Share the High Mountains
The tea arrives before the conversation starts. Jayanta Mukhia sets two cups on the wooden table and pulls up a chair across from…
Global Economy Endures War Shock—So Far
More than three months into the war in the Middle East, the global economy appears to be holding up. Commodity prices, inflation and…
GLOBAL TAX TREATY: ‘Without Sustained Pressure from Organised Movements, the Political Space to Win Simply Doesn’t Open’
CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that…
New Caledonia’s Election to Set the Stage for New Talks With France on Its Political Future
The French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the Pacific will hold elections on 28 June in the wake of the latest agreement…
Fiscal Reform Needs More Than Strong Finance Ministries
In the human body, connective tissue rarely gets the attention given to the heart, lungs or brain. But without it, even the strongest…
Systematic Vilification of Russian LGBTQ+ Community Pushes Them Underground
LGBTQ+ people in Russia are being forced to increasingly use self-censoring strategies in their daily lives as they struggle with systemic vulnerability, one…
The Last Bottle of Halothane: Why Africa Cannot Wait
Global health has a habit of mobilizing around the visible and the dramatic. Ebola, malaria, and Mpox have all dominated headlines related to…
Erdoğan’s Race to Avoid Orbán’s Fate
When Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost by a landslide to a unified opposition in April, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was watching….
Nuclear Nonproliferation Outcomes Stall in Backdrop of Geopolitical Strife
On principle, the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons is an issue that unites the international community. But for a select few states, these principles…
