Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

29 June 2017
There is a lot of money to be made from Artificial Intelligence. By one estimate, the market is projected to hit US$36.8 billion by 2025. Some of this money will undoubtedly…
29 June 2017
The unexpected, spontaneous and pleasantly disruptive nature of collective celebration is one of the great equalisers of social and political struggle. When you hear the words…
28 June 2017
William H. Saito argues nature may be a role model for efforts for those addressing cyber security challenges. In the last few weeks, I’ve attended more than my usual number…
27 June 2017
Michael McQuarrie explores the dangers for sociologists in today's turbulent times. Sociology has a Trump problem. And a Brexit problem. And a Populism problem. And a white…
27 June 2017
Can women interpret Islamic law? Scholars who think so recently gathered in Indonesia, where fatwas were also issued against child marriage and environmental degradation. Can…
26 June 2017
Since the late 1970s, the world's economy and dominant nations have been marching to the tune of (neoliberal) globalization, whose impact and effects on average people's…
26 June 2017
Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America by Sarah Zukerman Daly. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016. 315 pp, £64.99…
22 June 2017
Stuart Thompson explores how we should safeguard seeds in the face of climate change. There is a fearful irony to recent news of flooding at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in…
21 June 2017
What China’s Soccer Spending Spree Teaches us about Globalization. On 4 June 2002, the national football team of the People’s Republic of China took to the field for…
21 June 2017
Duncan Green explores what activists can do in tough times. The recent discussions with the International Budget Partnership also got me thinking about the options facing…