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Seemingly sensible proposals to Kyiv to partially satisfy Moscow’s demands in Eastern Ukraine are counterproductive. They ignore the record of compromising with Russian revanchism…
This is the fourth of a four-part Global Policy blog series that seeks to spark new ways of thinking about digitally-mediated activism. It engages Timms and Heimans’ New/Old Power…
How can we teach the next generation to read the news well? For educators, this simple question can be deceptively difficult. Do we want our students to be skeptical of everything…
The ever-deepening relationship between China and Russia has played a significant role in the current crisis in Ukraine.
Many in the West see a connection between Russian…
This is the third of a four-part Global Policy blog series that seeks to spark new ways of thinking about digitally-mediated activism. It engages Timms and Heimans’ New/Old…
Researchers in the global North often make assumptions about the motivations and abilities of local research collaborators in the global South. Not only are these assumptions…
It’s a common argument among climate deniers: scientific models cannot predict the future, so why should we trust them to tell us how the climate will change?
This trope recently…
Duncan Green explores Oxfam's annual Davos report: The Inequality Virus.
I know this is the week of Blue Monday, when we are all supposed to feel at our most miserable, but I’m…
This is the second of a four-part Global Policy blog series that seeks to spark new ways of thinking about digitally-mediated activism. It engages Timms and Heimans’ New/Old Power…
Talks between Russia and the west have failed. Moscow has described the situation in Ukraine as “intolerable” and “a matter of life or death”. The US president, Joe Biden, has…