Reforming Global Health Architecture Amidst Eroding Multilateralism By Daniele Fattibene, Tom Hart, Karim Karaki and Marianna Lunardini The global health landscape is navigating a quiet but profound crisis. After years of pandemic-driven surges in funding, the international community has entered a stark “post-aid” reality marked by severe donor fatigue, shrinking
May, 2026 This week, the OECD convened around 500 people in Paris for a much-needed and timely discussion on the future of development co-operation. Recent and drastic cuts in ODA are resulting in a multiplication of these fora. With a gloomy future for aid, development cooperation is being discussed everywhere
March, 2026 Authored by Daniele Fattibene (ETTG), Iliana Olivié (ETTG), Judith Arnal (Real Instituto Elcano), Jorge Cantallopts (Centro de Estudios del Cobre y la Minería), Claude Kabemba (Southern Africa Resource Watch) and Poorva Karkare (ECDPM) The global energy transition has placed critical minerals – lithium, cobalt, copper, and nickel among
March 2026 As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary in 2025, discussions about reform are increasingly converging on various structural questions: should the UN remain primarily a forum for global policy coordination, or evolve into a system capable of delivering large-scale reconstruction and infrastructure projects? How to tackle current
The architecture of global cooperation is shifting from a nominally universal, rules‑based order to a more fragmented, competitive landscape shaped by “variable alliances”, multi‑alignment and regional leadership from the Global South. The return of a transactional “America First” doctrine in early 2025, combined with systemic rivalry and the weaponisation of
March, 2026 The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Sevilla concluded with a rare moment of global consensus: the Sevilla Commitment. However, as the initial diplomatic success settles, the international community faces the more arduous task of turning a shared roadmap into measurable progress. This latest policy