Other Writings
How Do We Solve Structural Inequality in Global Networks?
It’s time to relocate power centres in the top-heavy human rights network. The savvy use of network tactics is the best approach: cultivating southern “hubs”, empowering global south activists to access northern centres, and thinking broadly about network power in global civil society.
The Politics of Advocacy: Setting and Vetting the Global Agenda
Why did humanitarian campaigners set their sights on banning a category of weapons that doesn’t yet exist and about which the public is barely aware, rather than banning, for example, depleted uranium munitions, said to harm the health of thousands in conflict zones, or pilotless drones, an issue with widespread resonance in the public eye? Why do some issues and not other get global attention? The answer: it's all about the structural characteristics of global advocacy networks.