The conflation of wealth with moral, intellectual, and normative value makes states vulnerable to private capital. Policy is not done based on intellectual analysis and populations' needs but based on private capital's interests. Great words by Nanjala Nyabola at Ford Foundation #UNGA

As Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu came to address the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, many delegations walked out in protest.

The PM of Barbados followed the PM of Israel in addressing the United Nations.

C'est quand même un comble que pour une fois que les médias nationaux s'intéressent à nos régions, ils n'interrogent pas les jeunes intellectuels engagés de ces territoires (chercheurs, sociologues, économistes...). Avec tout le respect que je dois à Siar Claude Claudy , il y a des

What is the credibility of the UN? What is the meaning of UNGA and the thousand events happening *right now* in NYC with people calling for a just world, peace, the respect of human rights and international law, when at the same time, Israel continues to attack in impunity Gaza

For decades, the Caribbean has been grappling with the illegal inflow of firearms from the United States, Aude Darnal writes. It’s a problem that also affects one of Washington’s closest European allies: France. worldpoliticsreview.com/us-guns-caribb…

Mark your calendars: Hiwar Scholars Seminar: “Multilateralism from the Margins: Mapping Challenges, Contestations and Prospects for Cooperation and Solidarity in Global Interactions” by Aude Darnal of the Stimson Center, Patrick Bond of University of Johannesburg, Alejandro Velasco of New York University,

Funny the language used by the media. "Decolonization." Is it so hard to say? Anyway, let's celebrate a new victory in the struggle to end all forms of colonialism.

I'm so freaking tired of the way the media and people, generally speaking, portray Caribbean countries. "Dominica, a palm- and fern-covered island ... that, beyond its capital, resembles a Jurassic Park movie set." Wth?! Our countries and peoples are not exotic. We are not movie

Israeli forces unleash a new wave of attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, causing “massive explosions” and kill at least 21 Palestinians in an air attack on a central Gaza mosque. 🟠 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/r11s6e

Happening now: Aude Darnal of Stimson Center, Patrick Bond of University of Johannesburg, and Alejandro Velasco of New York University explore multilateralism and the challenges, contestations, and prospects for cooperation and solidarity in global interactions at Hiwar Scholars Seminar, moderated by

Aude Darnal Stimson Center University of Johannesburg Alejandro Velasco New York University Aude Darnal examined the efforts to transform the world order in the context of rising multipolarity and how it must involve both governments and civil societies. She outlined the challenges of collective action and competition within the Global South. She argues that empowering

"Just as ‘mansplaining’ patronizes women, we should perhaps also talk about the ‘westsplaining’ tendency (...). Westsplaining the Global South is unhelpful and inappropriate." - Elisa Díaz 👏👏👏 ccp. Aude Darnal 😉

Why Global Development is Failing Without the #GlobalSouth? Watch Daniel Seymour, Gargee Ghosh, Udaibir Saran Das, Aude Darnal, and Dhruva Jaishankar · ध्रुव जयशंकर at the event—India Day @ UNGA—during the #UNGA79 week. #UNGA79 Reliance Foundation United Nations in India youtu.be/EMV5byzRTXU

"CARICOM member states are actively involved in UN reform, including in attempts to craft a better approach to structural dynamics at the heart of the Security Council," writes Dr. Nand C Bardouille from IIRUWI. Read his takes on the role of Caribbean countries in advancing UN

Occasionally, one must go on a limb to say some harsh “hard truths” that could get one cancelled (but what’s the point of being a public intellectual if you can’t take risks of being cancelled?). Here’s mine: More young people of African descent (on the African continent, in

Here is our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial worldview intact (with Surbhi Kesar & Devika Dutt). To explain how & why they do this, we go back to the colonial origins of economics. epw.in/journal/2024/4…