Trump’s followers: same as they ever were
French philosopher Jean Baudrillard nearly 40 years ago gave us the insights we need to understand today's Trumpery. (See Peter Hulm's companion...
The power of creativity: a path to healing for survivors of sexual violence, war...
Agent Provocateur is Global Insight Magazine's op-ed section.
At first, she was frozen in silence, unable even to...
The Balkans Wars: Return to Slavonski Brod
Mladen Vladetić is standing in his old local park. It is called the “blue field” and it is surrounded by grim-looking tenements,...
Now What? Good schools and critical thinking.
The following column by contributing editor, journalist and author Mort Rosenblum is from his regular comment The MortReport. Illustrations are by Global Geneva...
Bruno Barbey: Disappearance of a photographic great
For over five decades, Bruno Barbey photographed across five continents for major international magazines, such as TIME-LIFE, Paris Match and Stern. He...
Eliminating nuclear weapons before they eliminate us
Last month on 24 October 2020, the Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW),
adopted in July 2017 by 122 states at the...
Switzerland’s proposed responsible business reforms: no great expectations
Agent Provocateur is Global Geneva’s oped section.
The campaigners for the initiative are attempting to end the impunity...
Internships: My experience with a human rights foundation
I still remember that day about a year ago when the Communication Manager from the Martin Ennals Foundation (MEF) called me to...
The 2020 IB: an institution that betrayed its students
The following article is an entry of the 2020 Youth Writes Story Competition funded by the Jan Michalski Foundation in Switzerland....
Vethopes : Students merging practical veterinary medicine with social engagement
While still a Swiss-French high school student four years ago, I always knew that I wanted to do something with animals. On...
(Extended deadline: 30 September, 2020) – Global Geneva launches 2nd edition...
"I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in." Robert Louis Stevenson
Updated...
The first Youth Writes information & young leadership webinar
Welcome to this first in our series of information webcasts and video specials focusing on quality journalism, compelling writing, photojournalism, videography, cartooning,...
A chance for high school students worldwide to get published
Years ago, as an aspiring writer just out of university, I received my first job as a...
The Balkans Wars: Return to Slavonski Brod
Mladen Vladetić is standing in his old local park. It is called the “blue field” and it is surrounded by grim-looking tenements,...
Bruno Barbey: Disappearance of a photographic great
For over five decades, Bruno Barbey photographed across five continents for major international magazines, such as TIME-LIFE, Paris Match and Stern. He...
Coping with war on the frontline: the Rory Peck Trust 25th...
One of the ways Rory Peck Trust (RPT), a media partner of our NGO Global Geneva Group, has been funding freelance journalists...
Mort Report Extra: The Scream
The following column by contributing editor, journalist and author Mort Rosenblum is from his regular comment The MortReport. Illustrations are by Global Geneva...
Could better-funded journalism have prevented the pandemic?
What is so ironic is that had donor governments, foundations, corporations and private individuals with means bothered to support independent news organizations...
Fires on the West Coast and Siberia: Living by the Air...
The fires are menacing enough, but the smoke and consequent rapidly declining air quality may present an imminent danger over a much...
Switzerland and the pandemic: Does the economy matter more?
Unlike most Europeans and North Americans, East Asians take their masks seriously. From China, Taiwan and Thailand to Singapore, people have tended...
Eliminating nuclear weapons before they eliminate us
Last month on 24 October 2020, the Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW),
adopted in July 2017 by 122 states at the...
Internships: My experience with a human rights foundation
I still remember that day about a year ago when the Communication Manager from the Martin Ennals Foundation (MEF) called me to...
Jungle Jabbah and the fight against war crimes impunity
This
month, the Swiss Federal Court at Bellinzona will hold the first ever trial of a
Liberian citizen for war crimes committed during the...
Why Climate Change matters to your security, health & wealth
Written by Paul Mayewski, Charles Norchi and Alexander More
Far too many governments, businesses, political factions or local...
Geneva’s Palais des Nations scandal
Geneva could have had a Palais des Nations by Le Corbusier, the most influential architect of the 20th century. However, the League...
Understanding the hysteria over Hillbilly Elegy
You're not expecting a masterpiece, right? But did you expect this ordinary ($25m) film from Netflix (See trailer) to cause so much...
Whitney Azoy’s Afghanistan: A Partial Comprehension – tales and photos from...
When National Geographic Magazine commissioned me during the early 2000s to do a story that would ‘reveal’ Afghanistan in the wake of...
Helvetius, face-à-face percutant entre les Helvètes et Jules César
En 58 avant Jésus-Christ, la Gaule indépendante est un vaste territoire
habité par différents peuples d’origine celte. Jules César, politicien romain
ambitieux et contesté,...
Elie Berheim, un entrepreneur devenu romancier par passion
Table pour trois à New York est un journal intime, un récit polyphonique qui met en scène Gabriel, Norah, Alicia, Charles, Rachel...
Cent femmes pour nous inspirer à changer
Hafsat Abiola - Drawing by Gayle Kabaker
Elles s’appellent Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Melinda Gates, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nancy Pelosi, Michelle Bachelet, Geena Davis et Jacinda Ardern....
Swiss Journeys: Le Corbusier, artiste aux multiples-talents, précurseur de l’architecture moderne
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, né le 6 octobre 1987 à La Chaux-de-Fonds, choisira de s’appeler Le Corbusier - déformation du nom de son arrière-grand-père...
