Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

08 October 2018
John Brewer explores the meaning behind this year's winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.  Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in…
08 October 2018
To date, labor clauses in trade agreements have remained a fig leaf, neither raising labor standards abroad nor protecting them at home. Real change would require a significantly…
05 October 2018
Iosif Kovras on Iceland's robust response to the last financial crisis.  It has been ten years since the global recession hit – and the perfect opportunity to rethink and reassess…
05 October 2018
Jakob Vestergaard examines the future of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the euro's resilience. The season for speculation about the future leadership of…
03 October 2018
Jodi Allemeier asks whether the increasing number of networks for cities are filling a critical governance gap and what the future may hold for them? There are over 200 networks…
03 October 2018
Global Policy recently reposted two ‘think pieces’ by Steve Fuller (5th September 2018) and Johan Soderberg (7th September 2018) relating to the differences (or not) between…
02 October 2018
Hosted by the International Land Coalition (ILC), the GLF brought together ILC members, activists, local and international NGOs and government agencies from around the world to…
01 October 2018
How the rising clout of Russia and China, and regional international organisations, could bring stability to South Asia. Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan called in September…
01 October 2018
Book Review – War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 2018. 432 pp., £14.50 hardcover…
28 September 2018
Seth Schindler argues that countries embracing the Belt and Road Initiative may soon be forced to choose between the U.S. and China. Relations between the U.S. and China continue…