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Jon Harle argues that we must expand whose knowledge counts and what types of evidence is valued to address pandemics.
Many of the inequities which COVID-19 has…
Ibrahim Ozdemir argues that a proposed British law far out paces anything the yet seen from the European Union and may even set a global precedent.
While the EU has…
Chris Price explores how supply chains must adapt to a post-pandemic protectionism.
When the pandemic dies down, trade will become the biggest threat to global supply chains.…
In our continual search for evidence-based decision making we must also maintain our ability to manage and tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity. Not every move we make…
Human Geopolitics: States, Emigrants, and the Rise of Diaspora Institutions by Alan Gamlen. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 352 pp., £65 hardcover 978-0-19-883349-9
In an…
Trade can be a driver of growth, sustainable development and poverty reduction. But rather than automatic, the process requires trade policies that are dynamic, inclusive and…
Cecilia Berlanga Alessio Robles deconstructs the claims that “Gender Equality as Smart Economics”.
The “business case” for gender equality and women’s empowerment has…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World by Roman Krznaric. WH Allen. 2002. 0753554496
I owe Roman Krznaric – his brilliant 2008 paper How Change Happens,…
Simon McCarthy-Jones raises the issues of power disparities in 'knowledge about us' and how to address it.
Individualistic western societies are built on the idea that no one…