Compassionate Governance: A Strategic Guide to Preventing and Alleviating Global Suffering

OPIS is pleased to announce the release of our new publication Compassionate Governance: A Strategic Guide to Preventing and Alleviating Global Suffering. Our aim was to bring together and integrate wisdom from different fields and sources into a broad overview of the problems we face and possible solutions. From the underlying ethics to movement-building, key subjects we cover include game theory and the metacrisis, complex systems, trust-building, democratic reforms, conflict resolution, AI regulation and governance, and a range of specific policy recommendations to prevent human, animal and even machine suffering. A core idea throughout is the importance of institutionalising active, authentic listening and addressing needs – a key to resolving conflicts and preventing suffering. The publication can be downloaded as a free PDF from this page: https://www.preventsuffering.org/compassionate-governance/guide/. You can also order it in paperback format from Amazon, while still using the PDF to access the many clickable links. On Wednesday, 25 June 2025 at 11.00 NYC/16.00 UK/17.00 Central Europe, we will be holding a launch webinar for this publication, where I will be joined for a discussion by 3 panellists who work in animal rights, AI safety and peace-building. The webinar will last 1.5 hours and include time for Q&A. Join us at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84492723501. More information in the flyer below. Please share with any colleagues who might be interested!