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Kevin Watkins, a former CEO of Save the Children UK, is a visiting professor at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics.

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  1. Rebuilding the Aid Consensus
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    Rebuilding the Aid Consensus

    Jun 9, 2025 Kevin Watkins urges Western governments to minimize the harm caused by cuts to aid budgets and to rebuild support for multilateralism.

  2. School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development
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    School Meals Provide Food for Thought – and Fuel for Development

    Jan 17, 2025 Gordon Brown & Kevin Watkins tout universal nutrition programs in lower-income countries to mitigate a lost decade for poor children.

  3. Last Chance for the SDGs?
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    Last Chance for the SDGs?

    Dec 2, 2024 Kevin Watkins thinks the fate of the 2030 targets hinges on the next International Development Association replenishment.

  4. How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Hunger and Extreme Poverty
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    How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Hunger and Extreme Poverty

    Jul 23, 2024 Kevin Watkins urges the group’s members to harness their economic and political power to advance shared development targets.

  5. Food Sovereignty Increases Food Security
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    Food Sovereignty Increases Food Security

    Jul 21, 2023 Kevin Watkins urges African policymakers to transform the agriculture sector and rethink part of their development model.

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    The Age of AI Drone Warfare Is Coming

    Charles Ferguson

    The drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia offers sobering lessons for those relying on legacy weapons systems, and the looming integration of AI will make the current situation look quaint. Against this background, the Western defense establishment increasingly appears to be dangerously behind the curve.

     draws lessons from Ukraine's recent strikes deep within Russia and advances that could make them the norm.
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    Four Reasons Why US Treasury Yields Are Rising

    Dambisa Moyo identifies the factors driving down demand for US government bonds at a time of heightened volatility.
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    Trump’s Diplomacy of the Absurd

    Adekeye Adebajo sees the Oval Office ambush of the South African president as a performance aimed at nativist white Americans.
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    Insurers Must Promote the Blue Economy

    Ulrike Decoene urges the industry to embrace innovative mechanisms that de-risk investment in marine protection.
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    Rebuilding the Aid Consensus

    Kevin Watkins urges Western governments to minimize the harm caused by cuts to aid budgets and to rebuild support for multilateralism.
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    Ukraine’s Strategic Game-Changer

    Ian Bremmer considers the implications of the recent drone strikes against strategic targets deep inside Russia.
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    Rethinking Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

    Rola Dashti, et al. explain why a uniform levy on emissions-intensive imports threatens the legitimacy of global climate action.
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    America Needs a Smarter Government, Not Just a Smaller One

    Michele Zanini & Gary Hamel outline several steps that policymakers can take to reduce bureaucracy and strengthen accountability.
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    Trump’s War on Knowledge

    Ian Buruma attributes the MAGA assault on higher education to a combination of personal mediocrity and class resentment.

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