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Devolution has clear parallels with localisation. So what would Andy Burnham's 'devolution by default' philosophy look like in practice if applied to humanitarian policy?

India’s continued engagement with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation reveals how major powers are learning to cooperate without alignment.

This paper examines how historical and contemporary settler colonialism, compounded by predatory capitalism, drive extreme violence and vast humanitarian needs in Palestine, Myanmar and Sudan. They are not accidental crises but manufactured and sustained by oppressive power systems and malicious actors.

The inaugural State of SIDS Report 2026 from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) at ODI Global.