Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

03 January 2018
The reality of racism, hatred, anger, insecurity and inequalities is spreading irresistibly. There is no way of escaping from all these daily phenomena unless there is an…
29 December 2017
Jim O’Neill from the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project outlines his thoughts for 2018. At the start of 2018, the world economy appears to have continued its cyclical…
22 December 2017
David wants us to throw less plastic into the sea. We say we want to be more ethical consumers. So why are we still using so much plastic?!?! This Sunday, just like last Sunday,…
22 December 2017
What does it mean to be cosmopolitan – to be the kind of ‘global citizen’ whom Theresa May famously described as ‘citizens of nowhere’? Does it…
21 December 2017
Low-income African countries can sustain moderate rates of productivity growth into the future, on the back of steady improvements in human capital and governance. But the…
20 December 2017
Philippe Isler and Cristián Rodríguez Chiffelle explore what the Fourth Industrial Revolution may mean for developing countries' imports and exports. The fact that technology…
20 December 2017
Humanitarian Rackets and their Moral Hazards: The Case of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon by Rayyar Marron. Abingdon and New York: Routledge 2016. 188 pp., £110…
19 December 2017
The ability to argue, to express our reasoning to others, is one of the defining features of what it is to be human. Argument and debate form the cornerstones of civilised society…
19 December 2017
Never laugh at a rape joke, speak out against lower wages for women. Don’t underestimate the power of everyday activism to uphold justice. Activism can be as soft as a…
18 December 2017
The “Parenting for a Digital Future” blog has tried to capture the diversity of families’ experiences with the internet around the world by including reflections…