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How strong is the USs renewed global commitment? Is the United States’ recommitment to the World Health Organisation a good sign for international Geneva? What about the future of the WHO itself? This content was published on January 26, 2021 - 10:00 January 26, 2021 - 10:00 Imogen Foulkes In this episode Imogen Foulkes is joined by journalists Gunilla von Hall and Tom Miles, and analyst Daniel Warner, to look at what 2021 might hold. And how does our own future, our ‘new normal’ look, o...

It comes to a world created, in the third verse of the scriptures. To ignite it was needed: “And God said, Let there be light.” (Three syllables in Hebrew, yehi ‘or.) From then on letters have produced light. Before or without them the world is left in the dark. Of its speed philosophers debated: Empedocles, Aristotle. Then men of science: Galileo, Einstein, and Goethe among them, who died with its name on his lips. (Mehr Licht, more light.) From a firefly to lightning, from a candle to t...

Aid crisis: Why giving begins – and may stay – at home While one might have thought that a global pandemic would have led to multilateral cooperation, the exact opposite has taken place. Analyst Daniel Warner writes that the United Nations will struggle to convince nations to help a record 235 million people in need of aid next year. This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 14:00 December 15, 2020 - 14:00 Daniel Warner is a Swiss-American political scientist and former Deputy...

Will 2021 bring a new world order? This Covid winter is only just beginning, and it’s already feeling long, cold, and dreary. Countries across Europe are going back into lockdown, and Switzerland could well be the next, if virus cases continue to rise. This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 14:00 December 15, 2020 - 14:00 Imogen Foulkes And yet despite this seismic year, and the once unimaginable disruption to all our lives, the world ticks on. Food, for most of us, is being shipp...

Inside Geneva: the state of humanitarian aid In a year where crises seem to be everywhere, how will help get to those who need it? And are we even approaching humanitarian aid in the right way? This content was published on December 15, 2020 - 13:01 December 15, 2020 - 13:01 Imogen Foulkes The latest episode of the  Inside Geneva podcast features a discussion on the state of humanitarian aid with host Imogen Foulkes and guests Rein Paulsen of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitari...