Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

13 March 2020
There’s “Keep-calm-and-carry-on” and then there’s burying one’s head in the sand. Germany’s blasé response to the Coronavirus crisis reveals some unpleasant truths. If we have any…
12 March 2020
World Vision’s five lessons about the nexus delivering change in fragile contexts. More than one quarter of all people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and…
11 March 2020
Karin Costa Vazquez argues that the 'bilateralization' of the BRICS expands the options for the grouping to act and may be the only way for it to survive another decade.…
10 March 2020
Global Policy's Executive Editor, Dr Eva-Maria Nag, takes stock of 10 years of publications, online content, collaborations, debate and events, and on why our platform…
06 March 2020
Social network analysis is a branch of data science that allows the investigation of how people connect and interact. It can help to reveal patterns in voting preferences, aid the…
04 March 2020
The resurgence of far-right populism, from Brazil to Europe to India and the US, presents a challenge to NGOs unforeseen even a few years ago. The common thread of ethno-…
03 March 2020
As the world seems to wake-up to new challenges on a daily basis – from devastating wildfires in Australia, to the unpredictable global spread of a new coronavirus – it may be…
02 March 2020
Protest in an age of globalization relies on performance. From Hong Kong to La Paz and Santiago to Khartoum, global attention is increasingly captured by mass movements of people…
28 February 2020
Free movement of persons is conventionally seen as a means to promote European integration. A closer look at its dynamics suggests it should be reassessed. Gareth Davies…
26 February 2020
Emilian Kavalski and Nicholas Ross Smith, from the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, explore the coronavirus outbreak through an international…