The New Geopolitics
Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has been advisor to three UN Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General António Guterres.
Ten Alternative Futures for U.S.-China Relations
Kevin Rudd has served as President and CEO of Asia Society since January 2021, having been President of the Asia Society Policy Institute since 2015. In his rich diplomatic and policymaking career, he also served as Australia’s 26th Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010 and Foreign Minister from 2010 to 2012, before returning as Prime Minister in 2013. He was nominated as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States in December 2022, a position he is expected to assume in 2023. This essay is an updated and edited excerpt from his latest book entitled The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China (2022). You may follow him on Twitter @MrKRudd.
A COP for Action, a COP for All
Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber is President-Designate of COP28, the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference. He is Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
Cautious Optimism at Turtle Bay
Richard Gowan is UN Director of the International Crisis Group and an Associate Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. You may follow him on Twitter @RichardGowan1.