''The Global Journal'' was a bimonthly online and printed

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published by the ''Société des Fondateurs de The Global Journal SA'' concentrating on global governance issues. It was established in June 2010 by Jean-Christophe Nothias. Its newsroom was located in

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. ''The Global Journal'' had its largest audience in

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, and

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. The magazine ceased its activity in March 2013 due to insolvency. The magazine published interviews, essays, reviews, articles, and photographs and published a list of the Top 100

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s. It named the

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as the #1 NGO in the world in 2012 and subsequently published an article about

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and its founder,

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, in its February 2012 issue. The magazine's "partner" organizations included: the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, the Fondation Pour Genève, Global Geneva, the

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, Internations, Poster for Tomorrow, the

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, and

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