Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

28 July 2022
As all sports, women’s football is in its essence and backgrounds political. The Women’s European Football Championships in England 2022 are no exception. They clearly manifest…
27 July 2022
Sam Pryke reviews the literature on the supposed demise of globalisation to argue that it was and should be viewed as a process, rather than an endpoint we have been heading…
26 July 2022
Michael Bröning argues that it is increasingly unclear how the United Nation's global governance ambitions can be squared with the fragmenting political reality. Figuratively…
25 July 2022
The culminating piece in the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project's commentary series provides an overview of the New Development Bank's role in the…
19 July 2022
Almost all qualitative and quantitative research into human society involves the participation of other humans. However, they are frequently rendered passively in research outputs…
15 July 2022
Sharanya Sekaram on the fear activists feel due to recent developments in the USA and the hope they must take from elsewhere.  I recall watching the passage of the 2018 Irish…
13 July 2022
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become clear that an effective response to an emergency of this nature goes beyond the health system. While strengthening health…
07 July 2022
Oxfam’s Amy Croome explores a tricky issue for aid organizations like Oxfam. At the Grand Bargain Meeting this week, signatories will reflect on the role of…
06 July 2022
Roland Benedikter argues that UNESCO's Futures Literacy approach is key to ensuring global policies are appropriate for and taken up by local communities.  UNESCO is the…
30 June 2022
The global minimum corporate tax, coming into place in 2023, is a first step toward a global system of taxation, but it will benefit almost exclusively rich countries. I recommend…