This is one paragraph from the *250 pages* of edits on the United Nations "Pact for the Future". This is also why multilateral diplomacy is bad for your health.

For more than two decades, Raoul Wallenberg Institute has worked to strengthen academic institutions & networks for the promotion & protection of human rights in #China. Today on #InternationalWomensDay, we highlight our work on gender equality & women's rights rwi.lu.se/blog/the-china…

Nytt avsnitt är nu ute, och idag gästas Geopodden av Malin Oud , för att tala om näringslivet och mänskliga rättigheter inom geopolitiken.

Gästar Kinapodden denna vecka, tråkigt nog för sista gången då ⁦Sveriges Radio⁩ beslutat lägga ner denna viktiga, högkvalitativa podd. Man får hoppas att de snarast ändrar sitt ogenomtänkta beslut, i bästa fall innan sista avsnittet nästa vecka! sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt/2… ⁦

Coming soon: “Power shifts in international organisations: China at the #UnitedNations". Special Issue w/ @Global_Policy. We will be at #ISA2024 this week, get in touch if you’d like to know more ISA,Courtney J. Fung,Steven Langendonk & Rosemary Foot University of Oxford

Delighted to be writing with Shing-hon Lam and in company with these great researchers Richard Gowan Malin Oud, you’ll be missed at ISA

.Elizabeth Economy argues that for the United States to win a long-term competition with China, Washington’s vision for a transformed international system must appeal to nondemocratic emerging and middle-income states, not just U.S. allies and partners. foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-a…

Telling chart from The Economist. The number of vetoes in the #UNSC in 2024 so far is already approaching the highest number of vetoes *in a whole year* in the post-Cold War era. There will be more. economist.com/international/…

As part of our celebration marking 40 years of accomplishments at RWI, we would like to share with you a front-page story and an article from the institute’s inaugural opening. Read the English translation of the articles on our website! buff.ly/3QC1sc8

Published today! “Power shifts in international organisations: China at the United Nations” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17585899/2… 17 authors on China’s engagement with security, development, human rights & more. Power shifts are incipient & uneven. Courtney J. Fung Richard Gowan @lawaisbich

Hot off the press! @Global_Policy Special Issue on “Power shifts in international organisations: China at the United Nations”, with 13 papers examining China’s engagement on peace & security, development, human rights and more. Sebastian Haug Courtney J. Fung onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17585899/2…

Sweden’s minister for foreign affairs Tobias Billström opens the 29th Stockholm China Forum GMF Indo-Pacific #scf29

China in Latin America and the Caribbean: Can the Escazu Agreement Play a Role in Delivering Climate and Biodiversity Outcomes? Learnings from a workshop on green transitions and environmental rights. Read the full report from the workshop: shorturl.at/l1iwr

Our 2nd regional workshop on green & just energy transitions, focusing on China's role, kicks off in Bangkok in collaboration with Dialogue Earth & ISIS Thailand . Check out the report from our Santiago workshop earlier this year and stay tuned for more! rwi.lu.se/news/china-in-…

💬 How can the international community effectively support #constitution-building in a world facing rising autocratization? 📢 Join the EBA webinar on 31 Oct, 9:00 CET, where experts will share insights drawn from 30 years of experience. Register: buff.ly/3Y4YuQ8 Sida

📅 Event tomorrow at 9:00 AM CET: Supporting National #Constitution Building Processes. 🎙️ Speakers: 🔹 Cheryl Saunders (University of Melbourne) 🔹 Hassen Ebrahim (Constitution-Making Specialist) 🔹 Markus Derblom (FBA (Folke Bernadotte Academy)) 🎙️ Moderated by: 🔹 Malin Oud (EBA & Raoul Wallenberg Institute) 🔗

Proud contributor and co-chair of this important initiative to promote gender diversity in China analysis! Read more about WiCH here: chinaobservers.eu/introducing-wi…

Read David Rennie's take on the 30th iteration of GMF Indo-Pacific's Stockholm China Forum, which took place last week in DC. #SCF30 “Tariffers” v “traders”: the new contest for Donald Trump’s ear economist.com/international/…

Say what you will about Xi Jinping but he knew what he was talking about when he declared (in 2017) that the world is experiencing “great changes unseen in a century”.

Veckans avsnitt av ⁦Sveriges Radio⁩ Konflikt handlar om Xis väg till makten och hur han vill förändra världen, med inspel av mig och Oscar Almén. Långlyssning för er som kanske är lite mätta på Trump och vill höra något om den andra stormakten. sverigesradio.se/play/avsnitt/2…