Can We Save True Dialogue in an Age of Mistrust? The encounter of Dag Hammarskjöld and Martin Buber
Dag Hammarskjöld and Martin Buber met three times between 1958 and 1961. They conferred about the possibilities of true dialogue in the political and cultural setting of a United Nations confronted by the Cold War and an atmosphere of general mistrust. Hammarskjöld observed ‘Walls of Distrust’ between the superpowers’ representatives at the United Nations and […]
The 2009 Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture by Karen AbuZayd
Karen AbuZayd delivered the lecture on the theme “Rights, Justice and United Nations Values Reflections through a Palestine Refugee Prism”.
Carbon Trading – How it works and why it fails
Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since its adoption as part of the Kyoto Protocol. Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails outlines the limitations of an approach to tackling […]
Responses to Mass Violence – Mediation, Protection, and Prosecution
Issue no.53 of Development Dialogue reflects upon efforts to implement more justice within the institutionalised framework of the UN system.
Accessible Alternatives – Ethnic Communities’ Contribution to Social Development and Environmental Conservation in Burma
Through case studies from different parts of Burma, this report exposes the harsh impacts that are inflicted on the environment and the livelihoods of ethnic people by the current development path that Burma is taking. The report draws attention to the knowledge and practices of ethnic communities that ensure sustainable natural resource management. It highlights […]
Contours of Climate Justice – Ideas for Shaping New Climate and Energy Politics
The climate is changing in more ways than one. Not only has an increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere been wreaking havoc in the global biosphere, but there has also been a significant shift in the way the issue of climate change is debated. From being a marginal ‘green’ issue, it is now […]
What Next volume II – The Case for Pluralism
Issue no.52 of Development Dialogue explores how to anticipate potentially disastrous trajectories, and look for alternative sustainable paths.
Postneoliberalism – A Beginning Debate
Issue no.51 of Development Dialogue explores the negative impacts of neoliberalism and its growing inability to deal with the upcoming contradictions and crises.
Revisiting the heart of darkness – Explorations into genocide and other forms of mass violence
Issue no.50 of Development Dialogue explores the socio-historical and -political contexts of mass violence and tests common approaches against reality.
Post-Nargis Analysis – The Other Side of the Story
On 16 October the report “Post-Nargis Analysis: The Other Side of the Story” was released by a wide range of groups within the Burmese democracy movement. Based mainly on documentation by civil society organizations working on political, social, economic, and environmental issues in Burma, the Post-Nargis Analysis explores the obstructions to aid, corruption and human […]