Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.
sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.
explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
纽约—上个月末,一家俄罗斯法院下令关闭了该国历史最悠久的人权组织。成立于 1976 年的 莫斯科赫尔辛基集团(Moscow Helsinki Group ),成为政府持续镇压公民社会的最新受害者,这令人不禁联想到前苏联领导人勃列日涅夫的类似做法。
勃列日涅夫在 1964 年至 1982 年执政期间与美国、加拿大和欧洲大部分地区签署了 1975 年赫尔辛基协议。 当时,勃列日涅夫领导下的苏联急于正式承认其边界,与其在中欧和东欧的卫星国都低估了该协定的潜在影响。 这可能就是为什么它同意在协议的最终文件中加入尊重人权的承诺,包括信息和行动自由。
苏联在1948年联合国通过《世界人权宣言》时投了弃权票,加入《赫尔辛基协定》标志着它首次做出这样的承诺。 一些莫斯科人权活动家听到这个消息时,成立了莫斯科赫尔辛基集团,监督苏联对刚刚签署的协议的遵守情况。 尽管该组织当时只有 11 名成员,但勃列日涅夫政府将其视为威胁并试图解散该组织。
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