Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

27 April 2021
Martin Miszerak and Bruce VonCannon argue that Hong Kong's youth are the key to its democratic future. One bizarre spill-over from the recent Hong Kong protests was the adoption…
21 April 2021
Sara Torsner and Jackie Harrison explore how COVID-19 has been an opportunity to close the space for civil society. A government’s fear of scrutiny and criticism often determines…
19 April 2021
Cameron Boyle argues that faith based organisations have important roles to play in migrant services.  For vulnerable migrants and refugees, arrival in the host society ought…
16 April 2021
Despite failures, the EU’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy constitutes a strong display of European solidarity. In recent months, the EU has been criticized over its handling of the…
15 April 2021
Three G20 initiatives to put climate change front and center in the world’s economic architecture. On April 22, the world’s attention will turn to President Biden’s…
14 April 2021
GP's Online Editor, Tom Kirk, on the landscape for aid and and development grads. For the last few years, I’ve co-delivered an MA module on influencing, activism and…
12 April 2021
Sydney Kamen calls on Biden to challenge vaccine nationalism and reposition the USA as a leading humanitarian nation. With a single bold move – donating tens of millions of…
08 April 2021
Against the trend of vaccine nationalism, India is emerging as one of the major global suppliers of COVID-19 vaccines, writes Dr Biswajit Dhar, professor at the Centre for…
06 April 2021
Temelso G. Getahun argues that torture constitutes a denial of human dignity. “We will uphold the rights of those who we bring to justice. And we will close the detention facility…
01 April 2021
Duncan Green reviews a recent essay on how to use power analyses to understand and drive activism. John Gaventa has been thinking, writing and theorising about power for at least…