How do wars actually end, and what does it take to make peace lasting and just? What lessons has the world still not learned about how wars end?

In collaboration with the IWM Institute and Conciliation Resources, this episode reflects on what past conflicts can teach us about the pathways out of war, what current wars might tell us about the limits and possibilities of peacemaking today, and how peace processes can be designed to be not only durable but also just and inclusive.  

Looking ahead, we ask: in a world of increasing geopolitical tension and fragmented global governance, how might wars end in the future, and what role can civil society, diplomacy and public engagement play in making peace possible?

Guests

• Sara Pantuliano (host), Chief Executive, ODI Global
• Claire Hajaj, Executive Director, Inter Mediate
• Jago Salmon, Principal Policy Fellow, ODI Global
• Jonathan Cohen, Executive Director, Conciliation Resources
• Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Founder and CEO, International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)

This episode is dedicated to Nicholas “Fink” Haysom – a close friend and an extraordinary figure in global peacebuilding.

Over a lifetime of service, Haysom played a pivotal role in some of the world’s most complex conflicts, from supporting Nelson Mandela during South Africa’s democratic transition to leading UN missions and peace processes across Burundi, Sudan, Sri Lanka and beyond. He was widely respected not only for his expertise, but for his integrity, humility, and deep commitment to dialogue as a path to lasting peace.

For those who knew him, his loss is deeply personal. This episode honours his legacy and the values he lived by, and reflects on the responsibility to carry that work forward.

Across many countries, legislative strategies are increasingly being used to roll back hard-won rights related to gender and bodily autonomy.

This International Women's Day, we're asking: what can be done at national and multilateral levels to resist further erosion of sexual and reproductive rights worldwide?

This episode explores the political and ideological forces behind the growing politicisation of Women's Sexual Health and Reproductive rights, the weaponisation of gender issues globally.

Building on new evidence on efforts to undermine safe abortion - Sierra Leone, efforts to restrict LGBTQ+ rights in Kenya, and initiatives to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia - we examine the narratives that allow these agendas to gain traction and the role our institutions play in safeguarding rights.

Guests

• Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive, ODI Global (host)
• Aatif Somji, Senior Research Officer, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion ODI Global
• Satang Nabaneh, Director of Programs for the Human Rights Center at the University of Dayton, and Member of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
• Maria Antonieta Alcalde Castro, Incoming Director General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation

Related resources

Navigating the politics of backlash: women's rights and repealing the FGM ban in The Gambia (Working Paper, ODI Global)

Think Change episode 85: Algorithms and online misogyny – how do we fix a system built to harm women? (Think Change podcast, ODI Global)

Research series: Navigating the politics of backlash to sexual & reproductive rights (Research series, ODI Global)

Why is abundant global capital is not translating into stronger productive investment, and what role the G20 can play in shaping a more resilient and sustainable capital flows framework in an increasingly fragmented global economy?

Global finance has demonstrated considerable resilience despite persistent economic uncertainty, geopolitical tension and worsening debt dynamics. Capital flows and investment remain central to economic performance - particularly in emerging and developing economies.

Yet assets held by non-bank financial institutions have expanded rapidly, reaching an estimated US$250 trillion, around 400% of GDP in advanced economies. At the same time, real investment as a share of GDP across many emerging and advanced economies has stagnated or declined since the 2008 global financial crisis.

Persistent frictions, coordination failures and mispriced risk continue to constrain capital mobilisation for productivity-enhancing investment. Closing this gap is critical for long-term growth and sustainable development.

If capital is abundant, why is productive investment lagging? And in an increasingly fragmented global economy, what role can the G20 play in shaping a more resilient and sustainable capital flows framework?

Guests

• Sara Pantuliano (host), Chief Executive, ODI Global
• Ali Cakiroglou, Director of Emerging Markets Research, HSBC
• Marcello Carvalho, Former Global Chief Economist, BNP Paribas
• Phyllis Papadavid, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, ODI Global

Related resources

• Towards a G20 framework for capital flows to EMDEs: informing the UK Presidency (Expert comment, ODI Global)
• The case for a G20 liquidity shield amid geoeconomic fragmentation (Expert comment, ODI Global)