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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 13h

Opinion

The Culprit(s) of the New Cold War: US or China or Both?

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/15/10/2...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 1d

Opinion

New EU Tariffs will End Europe’s Era of Affordable Fashion

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/14/10/2...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

GP Essay

Earth Observation Dependency and the Case for a New Global Norm

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

Book Review

Dream the Size of Freedom: How African Liberation Mobilized New Left Internationalism

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/13/10/2...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 2d

Opinion

The Great Power Politics Behind the current Voting Impasse at the World Bank

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/13/10/2...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 3d

Early View Article

Norwegian Blues? Rethinking the Idea of Middle Powers in an Era of Fuzzy Bifurcation

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 3d

Early View Article

Layered Incoherence in Middle Power Foreign Policy: Indonesia and the U.S.-China Rivalry

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 3d

Early View Article

Australia and the Path Not Taken: The Declining Independence and Influence of Middle Powers

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 8d

💡 Dr Pavan Mano from @kingsinterhums.bsky.social explores decolonising the curriculum & asks 'how we might rethink the work we do in the classroom to persuade students that there remains value to reading at length, to living with complexity and resisting easy answers' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social ⤵️

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Opinion

Against Mastery: Thinking in the Shadow of Neoliberal Times

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/06/10/2...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 6d

Opinion - Critical Minerals are the New Oil and Gold

Raheem Nkumane outlines why the race for critical minerals will define decades of future growth and innovation.

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/09/10/2...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 7d

Opinion - Abandon AUKUS: The Case for Independence

Mark Beeson explores how Australia could help to unpick the China-US ‘security dilemma’.

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/08/10/2...

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Benjamin Faude @benjaminfaude.bsky.social · 12d

Our Special Section on the SDGs at 10 is now out in the current Issue of @globalpolicy.bsky.social.

You can access all contributions here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17585899...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Opinion

Against Mastery: Thinking in the Shadow of Neoliberal Times

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/06/10/2...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 9d

Out Now!

Volume 16, Issue 4, October 2025

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 13d

Opinion

Why Medication Matters: Mental Health, War, and Ukraine

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/10/2...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

Opinion - The International Liberal Order: Living on Borrowed Time

Toro Hardy explains how the international liberal order is being squeezed out of oxygen, arguing that crash illiberalism cannot be the answer.

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/01/10/2...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 14d

Opinion

The European Union in the Face of Conspiracy Theories as Hybrid Threats

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/09/2...

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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 19d

new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social

lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance

The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress

This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...

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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 19d

For decades, #multilateralism & global solidarity shaped expectations of how global #DevelopmentPolicy should be organised. In a new IDOS publication, the authors argue that those assumptions can no longer be taken for granted: www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/26/09/2... @globalpolicy.bsky.social

Development Cooperation at a Tipping Point: How do policy norms break?

Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner on the fragmentation of the global normative landscape and the need for pragmatic adaptation from policymakers.

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Benjamin Faude @benjaminfaude.bsky.social · 19d

Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 19d

🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE

The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress

This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...

bit.ly

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 19d

What’s the state of capitalism today? Is U.S. capitalism being remade by state power? Are struggles for a future beyond capitalism having an impact? Korbel Profs George DeMartino & Ilene Grabel tackle these Qs in an interview w/ @globalpolicy.bsky.social
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/26/09/2...

Beyond Capitalism: The Diverse Economies Challenge

What’s the state of capitalism today? Is American capitalism being remade by state power? Are the struggles for a future beyond capitalism having an impact? Two renowned economists, George F. DeMartin...

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Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 17d

Early View Article

An Ontological Security Interpretation of Global South Middle Powers' Non-Alignment in the Ukrainian War

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/con...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 17d

Early View Article

Too Complex to Fail: The Stability of Global Environmental Governance Beyond Hegemony

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 17d

Early View Article

Managing Import Dependency Risks in Contexts of Polycrises: The Case of Jordan

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/wor...

Global Policy @globalpolicy.bsky.social · 17d

Early View Article

Smart-Mix or Stupid Assurances? How Businesses Used Voluntary Initiatives to (De)Legitimize Supply Chain Regulation

www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/wor...

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