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The worrisome rise of transnational repression—Geneva and other UN host cities are concerned

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Will generative AI destroy jobs? An ILO working paper offers hope that it won’t

A Pact for People and Planet

At the upcoming UN Summit of the Future, the proposed Pact for the Future could generate the political will to commit to a just green transition. Low- and middle-income countries could negotiate for fairer multilateral agreements and new financing mechanisms to address climate change.

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Exclusive: Showdown between Workers and Employers at the ILO: Workers and 34 Member States are asking the Governing Body to call upon the International Court of Justice to rule on the right to strike; Employers are accusing the ILO of partiality

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Exclusive: A new stage for Zelensky’s peace plan—the Human Rights Council

India's Fake Growth Story

Ashoka Mody | Indian authorities are downplaying inconvenient macroeconomic facts to celebrate seemingly flattering headline figures. But in covering up the growing struggles faced by the vast majority of Indians, they are playing a cynical and dangerous game.

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The Geneva Observer Briefings

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#151 The G|O Briefing, September 22, 2023

Is generative AI coming for our jobs? Yes and No ILO says | The worrisome rise of transnational repression

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#150 The G|O Briefing, September 14, 2023

Exclusive: Showdown at the ILO over the right to strike | A new stage for Zelensky's peace plan at the HRC | Recommended reads

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#149 The G|O Briefing, September 7, 2023

Repression of Uyghurs in China: one year on, revisiting the "Bachelet report" | What to make of the BRICS' expansion?

Opinion

A Pact for People and Planet

At the upcoming UN Summit of the Future, the proposed Pact for the Future could generate the political will to commit to a just green transition. Low- and middle-income countries could negotiate for fairer multilateral agreements and new financing mechanisms to address climate change.

India's Fake Growth Story

Ashoka Mody | Indian authorities are downplaying inconvenient macroeconomic facts to celebrate seemingly flattering headline figures. But in covering up the growing struggles faced by the vast majority of Indians, they are playing a cynical and dangerous game.

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

Daron Acemoglu | In many ways, the enlargement represents a major lost opportunity. The world does not need more countries to fall under Chinese and Russian influence. It needs a genuinely independent third grouping to provide a counterweight against both the China-Russia axis and US power.

Europe Can No Longer Afford Disunity

Joschka Fischer | Instead of ushering in the “perpetual peace” Europeans had anticipated, the end of the Cold War gave rise to a multipolar world. To survive and assert their influence on the global stage, European countries must bolster their military deterrence capabilities.

For justice in Syria, hope comes from Geneva rather than The Hague

Alain Werner | The ICC is playing a key role in the fight for accountability for the atrocities committed in Ukraine. However, the growing importance of national trials—in which Geneva plays a full part—is crucial in the fight against the global cancer of impunity for mass crimes.

The US Must Not Personally Humiliate Putin

Keren Yahri-Milo | The cracks in Putin’s hold on power are beginning to show. But Ukraine’s allies must focus on increasing military and economic support while avoiding personal attacks, as Putin could respond by making the war even more brutal and unpredictable.

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Book Notes

Four Battlegrounds

Four Battlegrounds

Four elements define the AI race for power: data, computing power, talent, and institutions. The ultimate global leader in AI will have institutions that effectively incorporate AI into their economy, society, and especially their military.

The new 2021-2022 Concise Atlas of International Geneva

The new 2021-2022 Concise Atlas of International Geneva

With about 70 maps, covering 8 domains plus a special section dedicated to the war on Ukraine, the KAS’ Atlas offers a rich, data-driven perspective on International Geneva.

Atlas of AI

AI is neither artificial nor intelligent, contends AI scholar Kate Crawford in Atlas of AI, Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence—a great conversation starter line, no doubt, in the Valley, or indeed closer to here at EPFL.

Genius Makers

'Genius Makers' is among the most enjoyable primers on AI, introducing the faces behind the development of a technology encroaching on just about every aspect of our individual and collective lives.

Concise Atlas of International Geneva 2019/2020

Concise Atlas of International Geneva 2019/2020

Geneva and the over 45 international organisations located here do not always receive the attention they deserve. Many current developments in international politics and multilateralism are reflected in «international Geneva», with future global trends often being foreseen here at an early stage.

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Resources

Resources is an expanding curated and tagged collection of various documents we use while writing The Geneva Observer. Its allows you to easily find and download research UN reports, academic and NGOs papers.

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#146 G|O Briefing - Selected sources | Shapes of Multilateralisms

From the European Council of Foreign Relations, 9 commentaries exploring the forces reshaping multilateralism

August 14, 2023, OP-ED - Selected document | The economic potential of generative AI

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August 14, 2023, OP-ED - Selected document | The economic potential of generative AI

To grasp what lies ahead requires an understanding of the breakthroughs that have enabled the rise of generative AI, which were decades in the making.

August 14, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | AI and Corporate Responsibility

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August 14, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | AI and Corporate Responsibility

Seven leading AI companies Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, have agreed on voluntary commitments to help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology.

Briefing # 145 - Selected document | Proposed roadmap to build on key milestones of the international agenda as a follow-up to the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact

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Briefing # 145 - Selected document | Proposed roadmap to build on key milestones of the international agenda as a follow-up to the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact

13 economists at One Planet Lab propose solutions to our current global challenges.

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