Blogs 24th July 2014
Nayef Al-Rodhan examines the important place of culture in contemporary geopolitics.
Culture has a salient geopolitical relevance in a world that defines itself by much more than diplomatic exchanges and inter-state relations. This is...
Blogs 23rd July 2014
David Bollier discusses the ideology of the Commons. The commons is a social system for the long-term stewardship of resources that preserves shared values and community identity. The commons, Bollier argues, is not just an abstract idea, it’s...
Blogs 23rd July 2014
Alexandra Ivanoic outlines the necessities of increased inclusion of women in peacekeeping forces.
A watershed moment in the history of United Nations peacekeeping occurred on 12 May 2014, when Major General Kristin Lund of...
Blogs 22nd July 2014
Alessandra Russo examines the risk and sovereignty implications associated with the practice of contracting security governmental functions and services to private consultancies.
Contracting security governmental functions and...
Tom Kirk 22nd July 2014
Why Occupy a Square? People, Protests, and Movements in the Egyptian Revolution, by Jeroen Gunning & Ilan Zvi Baron. London: Hurst & Company, 2013. 256 pp, £20 paperback 9781849042659
This is a staggeringly good book. After reading so...
Tom Kirk 21st July 2014
William Attwell offers advice to cities looking to join the 'revolution' and embark on open data projects to support transparent governance.
The drive to make increasing amounts of government-generated data available to citizens has gathered...
Blogs 21st July 2014
Christian Downie examines the post-war phenomenon of prolonged international negotiations and draws upon lessons learned from the long-term international climate change negotiations.
Many international negotiations, indeed many of the most...
Tom Kirk 18th July 2014
Sam Pryke views fracking through the lens of resource nationalism.
‘The return of nationalism’ say recent headlines. In truth, nationalism has never really gone away. One variant of it, ‘resource nationalism’, doesn’t...
Blogs 17th July 2014
Niki Seth-Smith identifies a potential resurgence and renaissance of republican ideals in the wake of the financial crisis.
Call yourself a ‘Republican’ today and people will either think you are a member of the US...
Blogs 17th July 2014
Nicolas Mombrial offers a review of Jim Kim's first two years in office.
This month, Jim Kim celebrated his second anniversary at the head of the World Bank Group (WBG). After his first year, I concluded “pretty good so far but the jury is...
