Last semester, during a seminar at Goethe Universität on Geographies of Violence: state, space and power relations in Latin America, the idea of “Nation States as institutional hierarchies” was fiercely challenged by the idea of “Nation States as networks”. The “network party”, as Anne-Marie Slaughter calls it (2014: pp. 59), is a paradigm change forContinueContinue reading “Nation States: Organizational Hierarchies or Networks?”
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[Podcast] Christine Lagarde’s call for action – IMF World Economic Outlook
In today’s podcast we are going to be speaking about the IMF World Economic Outlook, which is a publication that was release by the International Monetary Fund in October of 2018. I actually want to focus this conversation a little more on the press conference that was delivered in the World Economic Forum on JanuaryContinueContinue reading “[Podcast] Christine Lagarde’s call for action – IMF World Economic Outlook”
[Podcast] Creating the Corporate Foreign Policy
The topic today is Corporate Foreign Policy, but how did we come up with this name? Because Corporate Diplomacy is pretty much a reflection of traditional Public Diplomacy, we borrowed the term Foreign Policy. States, in Public Diplomacy, have specific interests that they need to defend in the international environment, so they build up thisContinueContinue reading “[Podcast] Creating the Corporate Foreign Policy”
[Podcast] The historical context of Corporate Diplomacy as an emerging practice
In this first podcast, I will be speaking about the historical context of Corporate Diplomacy as an emerging practice. This historical context is important because it will tell us how Corporate Diplomacy came to emerge as a practice in private organizations. I am going to give you a few dates within a time frame soContinueContinue reading “[Podcast] The historical context of Corporate Diplomacy as an emerging practice”
Accelerating Energy Efficiency: Policy Briefs for the 2018 High Level Political Forum
The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development meets annually in July, under the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), where countries present their Voluntary National Reviews (VRNs) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The HLPF also carries out thematic reviews of progress on the SDGs including cross-cutting issues. To facilitate an in-depth reviewContinueContinue reading “Accelerating Energy Efficiency: Policy Briefs for the 2018 High Level Political Forum”