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Social media helped coordinate a volunteer response to the new arrivals on Lesvos when governments failed to step up to the plate, but can such a system be replicated?
The Greek…
Justice in Conflict: The Effects of the International Criminal Court’s Interventions on Ending Wars and Building Peace, by Mark Kersten. Oxford: Oxford University Press,…
Duncan Green reports from a conference exploring how we should react to disruptive tech.
It’s often a good sign when you rock up at a conference and hardly know anyone…
Asheesh Advani and Leonardo Martellotto explore the latest silver bullet for tackling poverty.
Before Cindy started her company, Chocolovers, through the JA (Junior Achievement)…
If Europe has a culture, is there such a thing as a European nation, asks Benjamin G Marti? In a piece originally published at Aeon, he cautions against…
It is now possible that new governments in France and Germany will respond to civil society pressure and do what is needed to change the EU, without being blocked by Britain.
This…
The first 100 days are considered to be a benchmark for presidential performance. This is part of the legacy of FDR, who managed to reshape the US government's role in the…
Dave Anderson explores what we mean when we talk of 'leveraging'.
Leveraging has emerged as the dominant method individuals, organizations and countries use to get things…
Ducan Green shares some thoughts on recent discussions over how the aid sector should repond to the rising tide of nationalism, populism, and attacks on aid.
A couple of Oxfamers…
Citizens’ Wealth: Why (and How) Sovereign Funds Should be Managed by the People for the People by Angela Cummine. New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2016. 296 pp,…