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Oil prices plunged more than 50 percent between mid-2014 and mid-2015. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was widely expected to cut production in an effort to arrest the price decline. And yet OPEC did no such thing. As it left production levels unchanged and prices fell…

Executive Summary This evaluation assessed the contribution of the Preparedness and Response Enhancement Programme (PREP) to improving the World Food Programme's capability to respond effectively and efficiently to large-scale emergencies. The evaluation is part of a series of strategic evaluations…

Wenn die Waffen ruhen und mehr oder weniger wirksame politische Lösungen – oft abgesichert durch Blauhelme der Vereinten Nationen – den Weg aus dem (Bürger-)Krieg weisen, ist damit noch lange nicht für die Sicherheit derjenigen gesorgt, die keine Uniform tragen. Der Großteil der Bevölkerung – Frauen…

An interview with Andreas Goldthau on his recent publication about the challenges that Gazprom has to counter nowadays.…

Background Two forms of business engagement exist in the context of humanitarian response and disaster risk management: commercial engagement, in which companies are paid for their products and services, and non-commercial engagement in which companies partner with humanitarian organizations for…

Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) are an important pillar of the global cybersecurity ecosystem. Some describe CSIRTs as akin to digital fire brigades, centers for disease control, or digital Emergency Medical Technicians - first responders whose mission is to put out the fire, or…

The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will affect not only its negotiating partners – the European Union and the United States – but also these partners' trade relations with third countries. Preferential trade agreements like TTIP allow like-minded states to pursue…

This is a final report of the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The final report is to be presented by the program's geoengineering working group May 5th, 2015 at the Brookings Institution…

This is a final report of the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The final report is to be presented by the program's global arms control working group May 4th, 2015 at the Brookings…

This is a final report of the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The final report is to be presented by the program's internet governance working group May 6th, 2015 at the Brookings…

This opinion piece is part of the the Global Governance Futures 2025 program which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. The formulation of geoengineering norms has begun. Geoengineering is the intentional intervention into a climate…

Executive Summary A decade after the United Nations adopted the concept of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P) people from atrocity crimes, the world’s record of protection remains grim. But those who point to a global deadlock between “Western” interventionists and “non-Western” stalwarts of…