Development and global risks – today’s scenario
The collection of contributions and research assembled for the 75th anniversary of the UN makes for an important toolbox for everyone
Interdependence. Deep connections that often go unnoticed. The awareness of how complex the current economic and social systems are also entails this observation: every action generated by a specific economic and social “site” affects other parts of the system. It is true for all organisations and it is a complex theory that could nonetheless find some applications. Confirmation and instances of all this can be found in the body of research collected in Le Nazioni Unite di fronte alle nuove sfide economico-sociali 75 anni dopo la loro fondazione (New socio-economic challenges faced by the United Nations 75 years after its foundation), recently published in volume 23 of La Comunità Internazionale (The international community), the quarterly review of the SIOI, Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale (Italian Society for International Organisation). The publication includes a series of contributions conceived for a study session organised, as mentioned in the title, for the 75th anniversary of the UN, and represents a good handbook for those who wish to learn more about the complexities we experience today.
The series of contributions collected in “Sfide economico-sociali e agenda 2030: gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile” (“Socio-economic challenges and 2030 agenda: the sustainable development goals”) is especially important to read, and can be summarised in Staffan de Mistura’s words: “Conflicts and economic injustice, economic issues, are closely linked, and therefore if we want to deal with the many conflicts we have before our eyes we need to focus our attention on the connection between geopolitics, economy and crisis.” The other research papers unfold from this statement. Starting from a contextualisation of the relationships between the 2030 Agenda and conflicts, to continue with the theme of “climate change, human rights and business activities”, and other topics such as gender equality, sustainable development and the new digital technologies. What arises is a scenario that encompasses steps made forward and backward, conflicts and attempted cooperation, friction and collaborations that, in hindsight, frame the space which almost all current economic and social systems occupy.
Readers of this series of studies included in the volume 23 of SIOI will certainly find more than one useful tool to better understand what is happening just on our doorstep, whether at home or at work. Moreover, it is a must-read for those entrepreneurs or managers who are in charge of a business that, one way or another, operates on the international stage.
Le Nazioni Unite di fronte alle nuove sfide economico-sociali 75 anni dopo la loro fondazione (New socio-economic challenges faced by the United Nations 75 years after its foundation)
Various authors.
La Comunità Internazionale, Quarterly review of the Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale, volume 23, 2021
The collection of contributions and research assembled for the 75th anniversary of the UN makes for an important toolbox for everyone
Interdependence. Deep connections that often go unnoticed. The awareness of how complex the current economic and social systems are also entails this observation: every action generated by a specific economic and social “site” affects other parts of the system. It is true for all organisations and it is a complex theory that could nonetheless find some applications. Confirmation and instances of all this can be found in the body of research collected in Le Nazioni Unite di fronte alle nuove sfide economico-sociali 75 anni dopo la loro fondazione (New socio-economic challenges faced by the United Nations 75 years after its foundation), recently published in volume 23 of La Comunità Internazionale (The international community), the quarterly review of the SIOI, Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale (Italian Society for International Organisation). The publication includes a series of contributions conceived for a study session organised, as mentioned in the title, for the 75th anniversary of the UN, and represents a good handbook for those who wish to learn more about the complexities we experience today.
The series of contributions collected in “Sfide economico-sociali e agenda 2030: gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile” (“Socio-economic challenges and 2030 agenda: the sustainable development goals”) is especially important to read, and can be summarised in Staffan de Mistura’s words: “Conflicts and economic injustice, economic issues, are closely linked, and therefore if we want to deal with the many conflicts we have before our eyes we need to focus our attention on the connection between geopolitics, economy and crisis.” The other research papers unfold from this statement. Starting from a contextualisation of the relationships between the 2030 Agenda and conflicts, to continue with the theme of “climate change, human rights and business activities”, and other topics such as gender equality, sustainable development and the new digital technologies. What arises is a scenario that encompasses steps made forward and backward, conflicts and attempted cooperation, friction and collaborations that, in hindsight, frame the space which almost all current economic and social systems occupy.
Readers of this series of studies included in the volume 23 of SIOI will certainly find more than one useful tool to better understand what is happening just on our doorstep, whether at home or at work. Moreover, it is a must-read for those entrepreneurs or managers who are in charge of a business that, one way or another, operates on the international stage.
Le Nazioni Unite di fronte alle nuove sfide economico-sociali 75 anni dopo la loro fondazione (New socio-economic challenges faced by the United Nations 75 years after its foundation)
Various authors.
La Comunità Internazionale, Quarterly review of the Società Italiana per l’Organizzazione Internazionale, volume 23, 2021