Waking up to the catastrophic news of Israel's attack on the flotilla that was trying to break the blockade of Gaza, my snap reaction was that this event had...
David Steven
David Steven is a senior fellow at the UN Foundation and at New York University, where he founded the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a multi-stakeholder partnership to deliver the SDG targets for preventing all forms of violence, strengthening governance, and promoting justice and inclusion. He was lead author for the ministerial Task Force on Justice for All and senior external adviser for the UN-World Bank flagship study on prevention, Pathways for Peace. He is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution (Brookings Institution Press, 2014). In 2001, he helped develop and launch the UK’s network of climate diplomats. David lives in and works from Pisa, Italy.
55% controversy – “no zombie governments”
Last night saw a well-attended late night debate in the Commons on the proposed 55% for dissolving Parliament, which I picked up on when it popped up in the...
Early foreign policy test for Coalition?
Via @MarthaKearney
Texas Police to Use Spy Drones
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5vm149vGc[/youtube]
US and EU: Others must fail
When I took part in a wash-up after Copenhagen with a group of American policy makers, I was struck by the sense that, although the summit had been tough for...
The 55% Crisis
So it takes 46 hours to go from this on Global Dashboard... My prediction is that this will prove the most controversial part of the [LibCon] pact... "This...
Sarkozy threat to pull France out of Euro?
Seems Nicolas Sarkozy, Global Dashboard's favourite European leader, was in typically understated form during the recent Eurozone crisis summit: Sarkozy...
Conservatives lead DFID for first time (updated)
Andrew Mitchell becomes the first Conservative Secretary of State at the UK's Department for International Development. DFID was formed in 1997, as one of the...
LibCon Agreement – constitutional coup or cock-up? (updated x8)
Key foreign policy elements of the coalition agreement between David Cameron's Conservatives and Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats include: A Strategic Security...
Hague has landed
The new Foreign Secretary arrives for work...
Europe: don’t look to us when sterling collapses
UK reluctance to help with the Euro bailout has not gone down well at all: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the head of the French markets regulator, said sterling was...
Adam Boulton explains his Alistair Campbell outburst
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cADCKP-za-I&feature=related[/youtube]
After the vote – resilient strategies
Yesterday, I indulged in some late night speculation, wondering whether the only ‘impossible’ election outcome – the Queen being forced to send parties back...
After the vote – what if we’re snookered?
A week ago, when I tried to map the outcomes that would follow a close UK general election, I found it hard to find any easy path to the Lib Dems getting...
Boulton blows up at Campbell (in full)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTntLzqDzJk[/youtube]
Europe’s zombie countries
It was a momentous weekend in Brussels, as the European Union struggled to get to grips with the latest episode in the long financial crisis. Fascinating to...
After the vote: negotiate first with your base
One lesson I took from from the Northern Irish peace process was that, when building a complex agreement, trouble results if any party forgets this rule: the...
After the vote – time for Democracy Day?
Given the chaos in voting during the General Election, here's how to do it better, while making elections a more televisual, social media-friendly experience....
After the vote – confronting the economic crisis
I thought I could safely ignore the election for a few hours this evening. I voted days ago by post. And not much normally happens before the polls close at...
Peak Emissions Now – the US position
In the run up to Copenhagen, I suggested the economic downturn could be used to push for a goal of an immediate peak to global emissions. In a pastiche of...
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