Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

09 November 2021
Following the messy military withdrawal from Afghanistan, many questions remain for NATO and its member states. With concerns that the United States’ growing reluctance to remain…
04 November 2021
Constructions and Instrumentalizations of the Past: A Comparative Study of Memory Management in the Region edited by Ninna Mörner. CBEES State of the Region Report. Stockholm:…
03 November 2021
Petra Minnerop argues that finalising the Rulebook on Article 6 Paris Agreement is essential for increasing and achieving states‘ ambitions. Science based legal targets must…
29 October 2021
Harry T Dyer calls on all social media platforms to take more responsibility for the communities they foster, and the voices and discourses they emphasise and minimise online. In…
28 October 2021
Felix Westeren explores the values that should underpin effective climate change policy and the difficult question of how we weigh sacrifices in the present against wellbeing…
27 October 2021
Attributing credulity to sloppy thinking or ignorance is tempting, but doesn't advance our understanding of post-truths and conspiracy theories. Steven Pinker’s new book is all…
26 October 2021
World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab made the following speech as part of the World Food Day Ceremony at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 15…
25 October 2021
Melanie Kramers offers four reasons to remain optimistic in the run up to COP26. I don’t know about you, but my eco anxiety has been soaring to record highs with each report of…
22 October 2021
Hannah Bloomfield strikes a note of caution about Europe's current rush to wind. Through summer and early autumn 2021, Europe experienced a long period of dry conditions and low…
21 October 2021
No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. Activists and World Inequality by Paul Adler. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. 344 pp., £36 hardcover…