China: Heritage Sites of Confucius and Mencius Restored to Glory, Better Life for Local Communities
About two hours’ train ride from Beijing, in the south-west of Shandong Province, are Qufu and Zoucheng. These cities are the hometowns of Confucius...
UNESCO Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, together with Annika Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO, representing Alice Bah Kuhnke, the Swedish Minister...
Over 65 Phuket hotels join UN Environment #CleanSeas campaign
Dozens of hotels in one of Thailand’s most popular beach destinations have joined UN Environment’s #CleanSeas campaign, pledging to reduce the tide of plastic...
Kazakhstan’s Economy is Rising, Yet Again Driven by Oil
Kazakhstan’s economic growth estimate for 2017 has been revised upwards from 2.4% to 3.7%, reflecting a better-than-expected oil sector performance, driven by the launch...
Cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Story of Urban Growth and Decline
The urbanization experience of countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia is quite unique, and for several reasons. To begin with, most of these...
A 10-Point Plan to Stop Tropical Forest Deforestation
The World Economic Forum-hosted Tropical Forest Alliance 2020 is advocating a 10-point plan to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains by 2020. Aimed at...
eBook: The Coming Cyber Storm- Examining the Russia-US-China Hacking Nexus
There can be no denying the importance of cyber-conflict and the potential of cyber-war in the 21st century. What was once restricted to the...
eBook: North Korea in the Crosshairs- Strategic Considerations about the Conflict
This anthology put together by the Modern Diplomacy gives readers an up-to-the-minute rendering of the conflict raging on the Korean peninsula from diplomatic, military,...
BRICS countries well placed to help lead global efforts to tackle hunger
A s the clock ticks towards the 2030 deadline for meeting global goals to eradicate hunger and poverty, the United Nations agriculture agency...
Baku Forum: Time to find ‘magic formula’ for peaceful coexistence
I t is time to find that “magic formula” that will encourage people to live together in peace, the head of the United...