"GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental crises has exposed the flaws of our economic system which values GDP...

Over two years after the fall of Lehman Brothers, the financial and economic crises have taken a heavy tool on public welfare, wiping out the positive effects of decades of nonprofit work. Unlike other sectors, international finance thrives not only due to poor governmental oversight mechanisms,...

Multilateralism sits high on the European foreign policy agenda and constitutes a founding principle of the EU's integration process. Yet, a comparative analysis of key missions and diplomatic initiatives in the field of crisis management reveals lights and shadows in the much-heralded ‘choice...