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Good morning, this is Michelle. The 7 October attacks and the retaliatory war in Gaza that ensued has rattled world politics. As the conflict escalates and threatens to set the region ablaze, the United Nations falters, incapable of offering a diplomatic solution to the crisis. But however flawed the system might be, it shouldn’t be a reason to abandon it, diplomats stress.

In other events, Geneva’s future-gazing organisation, Gesda, is coming up this week with its latest edition of the world’s biggest future trends that stand to transform society in the next five, 10 and even 25 years. We speak to the man behind it.

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Michelle Langrand

09.10.2024


On our radar


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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 79th session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York, 27 September 2024. (Keystone/EPA/Stephani Spindel)

One year on, Israel-Gaza war lays bare a flawed world order. One year after war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the multilateral system is at a standstill, unable to halt a dangerous expansion of the conflict. Geneva Diplomats reflect on its shortcomings while stressing its fundamental role.

Geneva Solutions

The big interview


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Michael Hengartner, president of Gesda’s academic forum and chair of the ETH Board, speaks at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano, 14 September 2024. (Courtesy of Gesda)

‘Anticipating the next 25 years sounds like science fiction, but it’s doable.’ Michael Hengartner, the Swiss-Canadian biochemist overseeing Gesda’s ambitious Science Breakthrough Radar monitoring the next big trends in technology and science, explains why we shouldn’t underestimate efforts to anticipate what our world will look like 25 years from now.

Geneva Solutions

Here's what else is happening


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