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William King gives a historical overview of chemical warfare.
The assassination of Kim Jong-nam with VX on 13 February and the recurrent use of Sarin against civilians in the…
The burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower is a visible reminder that public responsibilities should never be watered down.
Imagine you are a Nigerian man in his early 50s. You’…
Brad Keywell argues we must shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution so that it empowers people, not machines.
The world is changing. There’s no way around this fact.…
Duncan Green with an innovative idea for the academic / practitioner nexus.
Spent an interesting, if bleary (the morning after the UK election) day at Birmingham University…
The reality is that after this election any UK government will be a weak one: no matter whether the cabinet is led by Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn. There are opportunities here.…
Nina Hall on the state of the world's oceans and what we can do about it.
Three billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of protein, according to the Marine…
What’s at stake: the concept of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), an unconditional transfer paid to each individual, was prominent earlier this year when Finland announced a…
Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan speech given by US Secretary of State George Marshall on 5 June 1947. The speech outlined the principles of the Marshall…
When international organizations face legitimacy problems, they need to address governance issues, conflicts of interest, and poor leadership.
In one of Donald Trump’s…
The Middle East is going through the biggest transformation since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of modern nation states by colonial powers. Some…