Andy Sumner

📝 2 new blogs on the @eadi.bsky.social website co-authored by @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social's @andypsumner.bsky.social:
🌐 Rebuilding legitimacy for global governance:
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🔮 4 futures for global development cooperation:
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Development in the Trump Era: What’s Next for Global Development Cooperation? By Andy Sumner and Stephan Klingebiel / Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era Series The return of Donald Trump to the White House has reignited deep uncertainty about the trajectory …

What happens when the world’s most powerful architect and funder of development cooperation seeks not only to withdraw, but to dismantle the very norms, institutions, and multilateral frameworks it once championed?

✍️ Our latest blog

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New #DiscussionPaper, co-edited by @andypsumner.bsky.social & @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social, with eadi.bsky.social‬: early insights into a shifting global #DevelopmentCooperation landscape. https://www.idos-research.de/en/discussion-paper/article/development-and-development-policy-in-the-trump-era/

Is it time for a new independent North-South commission? New blog with @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and Arief Anshory Yusuf www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog

Lars Klingbeil will die #Nord-Süd-Kommission neu beleben.
@andypsumner.bsky.social, @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social & Arief Anshory Yusuf machen einen Vorschlag, wie diese ausgestaltet werden könnte – und benennen drei zentrale Eckpfeiler.

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Evolución reciente de la #desigualdad de renta a nivel global, entre países y dentro de los países

Convergence, Divergence, Flatlining or Plateau: What has happened to inequality between and within countries over the last decade? www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/16/07/2... with Saumik Paul

Navigating the Tipping Point: Four Futures for Global Development Cooperation By Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner The global system of development cooperation is in a state of flux. In a new policy brief we discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and …

▶️Global Solidarity 2.0

▶️Strategic multilateralism

▶️Pluralist development cooperation

▶️Aid retrenchment and nationalist conditionality

Four possible futures for development cooperation according to @andypsumner.bsky.social & @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social

www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2300

Navigating the Tipping Point: Four Futures for Global Development Cooperation By Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner The global system of development cooperation is in a state of flux. In a new policy brief we discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and …

"The global development cooperation system has reached its tipping point—a moment when the accumulated pressures of geopolitics, norm contestation, and institutional change demand a fundamental rethinking of purpose and practice"

🔎 Our latest blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2300

By @idos-research.bsky.social's @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and @andypsumner.bsky.social

How did Indonesia turn its nickel reserves into a $5B stainless steel export industry in just a few years?

Bold state actions & strategic partnerships were key to success, but challenges lie ahead.

Read more in this Research Brief by Imaduddin Abdullah & @andypsumner.bsky.social: go.unu.edu/9Xb06

@stephanklingebiel.bsky.social & @andypsumner.bsky.social discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical shifts, contested norms, and institutional upheaval. What might come next? ➡️ www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/06/2...

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New blog and policy brief on navigating the tipping point of dev coop with Stephan Klingebiel www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/27/06/2025/navigating-tipping-point-four-futures-global-development-cooperation

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Rebuilding Legitimacy for Global Governance: The Case for a New Independent Commission By Andy Sumner, Stephan Klingebiel and Arief Anshory Yusuf The global landscape of development cooperation is fracturing. The promise of the 2030 Agenda and the pursuit of the Sustainable Developme…

"A new INSC could offer a credible response to today’s fragmentation by providing a structured space for international dialogue grounded in fairness, feasibility, and forward-thinking." @andypsumner.bsky.social, @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social & A. Anshory Yusuf
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2283

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Conversations Between Development Studies and International Studies By Andy Sumner At a set of recent meetings, the question of the dialogue between Development Studies (DS) and International Studies (IS) has been the topic of focus.

Both critique Western-only theorising and worldviews and seek to amplify perspectives from the Global South. In a multipolar world, this is an area that Development Studies and International Studies can push further, thereby enriching both fields"

✍️ From our blog
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In Search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in “Like-Minded Internationalism” As we move further into a decade marked by geopolitical turbulence, institutional retrenchment, and a waning commitment to liberal multilateralism, the question before us is not whether the internatio...

Len Ishmael, stephanklingebiel.bsky.social & @andypsumner.bsky.social argue in a new policycenterns.bsky.social paper, that the future of #GlobalCooperation lies in like-minded internationalism‬: www.cgdev.org/blog/search-... cgdev.org

In Search of a Plan B: The Future of Global Development Lies in “Like-Minded Internationalism” url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/search-plan-b-future-global-development-lies-minded-internationalism with Len Ishmael and @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social @cgdev.org

EADI Annual Report 2024 Now Available In our anniversary year, our members organised many activities all around the topic of Development Studies. Our Executive Committee formed three new task...

Our annual report 2024 is out!

Check what EADI is and does!
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Read also: "Global development needs a Plan B: could this be it?" @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social, @andypsumner.bsky.social & Len Ishmael explain the concept of 'like-minded internationalism'. www.idos-research.de/en/others-pu...

"In a world that is increasingly multipolar and unpredictable, like-minded internationalism may be one of the few credible responses still capable of delivering meaningful Global Development outcomes" @devex.com opinion piece by @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social, @andypsumner.bsky.social & Len Ishmael.

Opinion: As the rules of global cooperation shift, here is plan B Opinion: As the rules of global cooperation shift, here is plan B

Like-minded internationalism is emerging as an alternative to the post-1945 multilateral cooperation model.

Global development needs a Plan B: could this be it? As powerful nations turn inwards and multilateralism falters, new coalitions must step in. Len Ishmael, @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and @andypsumner.bsky.social explain ‘like-minded internationalism’ frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/global-devel...

Is it time for a new independent North-South commission? New blog with @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social and Arief Anshory Yusuf www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog

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EADI/IOB 2026: Call for Panels: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions? 29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025

📣 The call for panels for our flagship event, the EADI/IOB general conference is out!

📅 Submit by 7 September 2025

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EADI at 50: Thinking Through the Winter, Looking to the Spring and the Next Chapter By Andy Sumner We marked EADI’s 50th anniversary with a conference last week. As EADI president I reflect on this jubilee moment drawing from my opening remarks. Anniversaries are an opportunity fo…

"Thinking through the winter is not about prediction but preparation. It is about ensuring that when political openings do emerge, ideas and alliances of solidarity are ready to shape them." @andysumner.bsky.social
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