What holds a political system together, and what tears it apart? In fragile states, political finance, not just resource rents, may drive the ebb and flow of power. Our new analysis shows why Read more here from our partnership with @peacerep.bsky.social: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/rents-a...

Persistent comparability problems between the 2011–12 and 2022–23 consumption surveys, compounded by the World Bank’s contested adjustments, leave India’s poverty and inequality trends uncertain. Although poverty has likely fallen, the magnitude remains disputed. www.theindiaforum.in/economy/grea...

Very grateful to @apsa.bsky.social for supporting my dissertation research this year!

Explore the variety of research tools from interactive timelines and searchable databases to dynamic visualisations and survey dashboards that we have engaged and supported in partnership with @peacerep.bsky.social to explore complex #peace processes with greater clarity shorturl.at/STmMl

From the crooked timber of humanitarianism much good was fashioned. The humanitarian project was imperfect, but now the timber has been felled. What comes next? Read more from Executive Director Alex de Waal on the future of #humanitarianism here: worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/liberal...

Starvation in Gaza www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

just imagine working at microsofft and thinking “let’s spend billions, steal a load of intellectual property, and destroy the planet to make an interface to write bad essays” rather than “let’s update MS Word so users can comment on footnotes”

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Suggested reading: @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social by Alex de Waal and @adityasarkar.bsky.social features insights from a recent special issue of the journal, Environment and Security. Decarbonization is necessary, and so is understanding its impact on countries whose GDP depends on fossil fuel income.

On famine denialism, from Ukraine to Gaza, by Alex de Waal. www.bostonreview.net/articles/eng...

The U.N. General Assembly called for the 31st time on the United States to end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba. The non-binding resolution was approved by 187 countries and opposed only by the United States and Israel, with Ukraine abstaining.