WWF Switzerland’s Ion Karagounis discussed ongoing efforts and challenges in greening BRI and related projects in Central Asia with Viktor Novikov, Geographer and Expert on Central Asia of the Zoï Environment Network.
On Thursday, March 26, Wendy Cutler cohosted a webinar about the COVID-19 pandemic and global trade, building off a blog that she wrote the week before.
Wendy Cutler recommends actions the global trade regime should take during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a (virtual) WTO emergency session and plurilateral negotiations on trade restrictions of medical supplies.
Economic Opportunity meets Human Rights Issues: Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter, President of the Swiss Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, on chances and caveats of the Belt and Road Initiative.
Historian Peter Frankopan has written a brillant follow up to his bestseller «The Silk Roads». In the three years since its release the world has changed at an enormous pace. We asked him how the BRI plays into these recent developments.
The book approaches the challenges our world faces with changing times, regional conflicts, and natural disasters, and explores our responsibilities as stewards of culture.
