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Assimilation is an Issue of Scale

Assimilation is an Issue of Scale

Kyle Scott
23rd January 2015 In the wake of the Paris shootings Kyle Scott reminds us of devolution’s ability to connect people to their government and to one another. One of the emerging storylines in the wake of the attacks in Paris is a discussion of assimilation....

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Book Review: Globalizing Transitional Justice: Contemporary Essays

Book Review: Globalizing Transitional Justice: Contemporary Essays

Reviewed by Chandra Lekha Sriram
23rd January 2015 Globalizing Transitional Justice: Contemporary Essays by Ruti G. Teitel. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 256 pp, £55/$85 hardcover 978-0-19-539494-8 Transitional justice practice has developed steadily in the past thirty...

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Climate Engineering: The need for Science, Governance and Better Understanding

Climate Engineering: The need for Science, Governance and Better Understanding

Mudit Sharma
22nd January 2015 This opinion piece is part of the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. As Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) replace...

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Human Security in the Age of Ebola: Towards People-centered Global Governance

Maryam Zarnegar Deloffre
21st January 2015 Maryan Zarnegar Deloffre argues that a 'global human security' approach would be the best response to future human security crises like the Ebola outbreak. The Ebola outbreak that began in March 2014 continues to ravage the West African...

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A New Approach to International Partnerships for Learning and Development - Part

A New Approach to International Partnerships for Learning and Development - Part I

Mark Potts
21st January 2015 In this first of a three posts, Mark Potts explains how two new concepts of Living Global Citizenship and Cultural Empathy provide a basis for a new approach to partnerships. Policy Implications Citizenship 'tests' should be replaced by...

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Predicting the Effects of TTIP, or: Whose Crystal Ball Can We Trust?

Mathis Lohaus
21st January 2015 Mathis Lohaus discusses Jeronim Capaldo's analysis of the potential negative effects of a TTIP. In a paper called “TTIP: European Disintegration, Unemployment and Instability”, economist Jeronim Capaldo argues that there are flaws in...

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International Relations vs Global Governance

Oleksandr Svitych
20th January 2015 Oleksandr Svitych examines the differences between the field of International Relations and that of Global Governance, exploring its definitions, actors, and its perspectives on world politics. The great philosopher René Descartes noted: '...

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Can a Think Tank Help Expose a Captured State?

Andrej Nosko
20th January 2015 Andrej Nosko argues that where state institutions are unlikely to be able to expose corruption and drive reforms themselves think tanks can provide an alternative watchdog function. More than 20 years after Central and Eastern Europe began...

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Autonomous Weapon Systems: The Urgent Need for Regulation

Autonomous Weapon Systems: The Urgent Need for Regulation

Swati Malik
19th January 2015 This opinion piece is part of the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global challenges. There are many in the world who do not support the...

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What should central banks do next?

Stephen S. Roach
19th January 2015 Stephen S. Roach explains why Central Banks have lost their way. America’s Federal Reserve is headed down a familiar – and highly dangerous – path. Steeped in denial of its past mistakes, the Fed is pursuing the same incremental...

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