How can governments better empower youth?
HE Rawan Tawfeeqi, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Minister of Youth Affairs, discusses Bahrain’s commitment to having long-term youth policy frameworks that align with global priorities.
Once a traditional instrument of statecraft and bilateral cooperation, diplomacy has expanded to include non-state actors like think tanks, NGOs, and even Silicon Valley. What is the future of diplomacy, and is the post-war international order still fit for purpose?
Will multilateral institutions rise up to the challenges of the digital century, or will they plunge further into a sea of idealistic constructs? Fiker Institute’s Diplomacy and Global Governance Program aims to study the disruption of diplomacy in light of the changing nature of global affairs, as the international community finds itself connected more intimately, yet more remotely, than ever before.
Re-Evaluating Ceasefires in Armed Conflicts: Cases from Latin America
As part of the newly launched Memorandum of Understanding between Fiker Institute and the University of Oxford’s Global Security Programme, Fiker Institute hosted Dr. Annette Idler, Director of the Global Security Programme at the University of Oxford’s Pembroke College and Associate Professor in Global Security at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, for a public lecture on the role of ceasefire in global security.
Global US Absence & Alternative Power Centers
While the West flourished post-Second World War, the Global South faced marginalization. Today, the international order is undergoing a realignment of power. More nations are standing against hegemony, and what once seemed permanent is shifting into a new reality: the rise of multipolar cooperation, a stronger voice from the Global South, and the recognition that the world’s future cannot rest in the hands of a single power.
The Gulf as Diplomatic Broker: Mediation in the Age of Realignment
For the inaugural lecture of the Al-Khaleej program, Fiker Institute hosted Dr. Hasan Alhasan, Senior Fellow for Middle East Policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies to discuss the role of Gulf states as diplomatic brokers.
Global Trade Governance
To state that the governance of multilateral trade, centered at the World Trade Organization (WTO), is at a crossroads is to understate the obvious. While current geoeconomics play a large role, as exemplified by US President Trump’s tariff policies, the causes are varied and of longer standing than simply current events. An increasingly complex trade […]
COP30: What to Expect
In November 2025, Brazil will host COP30, the annual UN climate conference. International climate governance has witnessed uneven progress in recent years, with North-South tensions and geopolitical instability threatening vital action against deteriorating climate conditions. What can we expect from Brazil’s COP and how does the summit highlight deeper problems in global climate governance?