International Advisory Panel

In a study I recently undertook of the G20 (2019), I showed that during the past decade, the main joint, collective action of that body had been to issue communiqués and other types of statements. As a group, G20 Leaders have expressed concern about all kinds of...

For the first time in recorded human history, coming together is a dangerous option, literally done at the risk of health and lives. What does this ‘new normal’ mean? ‘In the beginning was the word’ but now we need to find new ways to communicate.

Earlier this month, the Director of the Centre lodged a submission to the NZ Parliament on the International Crimes and International Criminal Court Amendment Bill. The Bill proposes amendments to NZ legislation to incorporate certain international amendments made in...

Ten years ago, the US President reaffirmed in a major international speech that the United States sought ‘the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons’. Despite the vision, Obama didn’t say why he thought a nuclear-weapon-free world would be peaceful and...

If you were to read the speeches and articles of Chinese leaders you might conclude there was no country on Earth more committed to multilateralism.  Certainly, China has benefited enormously from the rules-based, international system established after 1945.  How...

What is the oldest organisation within the UN? What is missing from Maslow’s ‘hierarchy of needs’? What fuels the richest organisations in the world? Is the digital revolution an opportunity, or a threat, to the emergent global community? While reading this on a...