The coronavirus has overrun the world in no time. This ‘blitzkrieg’ so far only needed four months to destroy many lives, dealing the world economy a serious blow – threatening to topple the Great Depression from its pole position of modern economic catastrophes, and...
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COVID-19: Calls for Change
On 26 March, as COVID-19 was pushing countries into defensive lockdown, former Swedish Prime Minister, Carl Bildt, called for a ‘much stronger global mechanism’ than the World Health Organisation to deal with future pandemics. Writing for the Australian Strategic...
Global Climate Change
The pattern ahead of the annual UN climate conference in November 2019 (COP-25, Madrid) was spectacularly familiar: over 25,000 participants; worrying reports from climate scientists; more public anxiety about climate change; mobilisation of civil society, with youth...
Internationally hot, domestically not’
Legal personality is an established part of the law in New Zealand and similar countries. It is widely accepted, for example, that a company or incorporated society can be considered a legal person. Over the last half-century, however, the argument has been advanced...
Protecting the Multilateral Order:
As we approach the end of 2019, it seems that many assumptions about the robustness of multilateralism, which has underpinned New Zealand’s foreign and trade policy over the past 75 years, are under threat. It is therefore timely, and very encouraging, to see MFAT...
A Parliamentary Eye on the Future
How do we keep a parliamentary eye on the future when the planet is in crisis mode and policy responses are so urgently needed?
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Global Governance in the Existential Age – Part 1
The Centre has been privileged this month to host some valuable commentary on the challenge of global governance. On 6 December the Climate Minister, Hon James Shaw, gave the 8th NZCGS Annual Global Lecture, by webinar with 292 registered participants. His address...
8th NZCGS Annual Global Affairs Lecture
The 8th NZCGS annual global affairs lecture was held on 6 December 2021. The lecture was given by New Zealand’s Minister of Climate Change, Hon James Shaw.