Institut de diplomatie publique/Instituto de diplomacia

05/01/2026

The pharmaceutical industry exhibits extraordinarily high profitability, often surpassing estimates for illicit drug trades, while employing sophisticated mechanisms such as offshore tax havens to obscure financial transparency. This opacity not only facilitates tax avoidance but also perpetuates inequities in global health access.
This "recipe" serves corporations indefinitely, while millions face unaffordable medicines. High margins, concealed via offshores, enable reinvestment in lobbying rather than innovation, echoing cartel behaviors but with legal impunity.
Health diplomacy—encompassing multi-level negotiations among stakeholders to shape global health policy—remains a crucial yet often underutilized tool in tackling systemic health inequities.
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04/12/2025

A silent diplomatic earthquake ..
On 2 December 2025, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) raided the College of Europe in Bruges and the European External Action Service in Brussels as part of a probe into suspected fraud involving an EU-funded training program for young diplomats.
What turned a routine investigation into a diplomatic earthquake is one key detail: you just look who is the College’s rector and where she previously served.......
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27/11/2025

Türkiye’s widening football scandal is no longer just a domestic sports crisis — it has become a sports diplomacy challenge with real consequences for the country’s global image and its role as a Euro 2032 co-host.

Türkiye’s football community is facing one of the most significant crises in its modern history — and the implications extend far beyond the pitch.What began as a routine Turkish Football Federation (TFF) audit in late October has escalated into a full-scale criminal investigation into illegal ...

16/11/2025

2nd Global Stakeholder Dialogue with the UN-Habitat Executive Director
Tuesday, 18 November 2025,
Dear public diplomacy practitioners, civil society representatives, members of academia, and valued stakeholders,
The Institute has received an invitation from UN-Habitat to participate in the 2nd Global Stakeholder Dialogue with the UN-Habitat Executive Director.
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Global Stakeholder Dialogue