Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

16 May 2019
Researchers hope to learn more about how countries might act in nuclear warfare scenarios. Researchers designed the game to explore how various weapons capabilities, such as low-…
15 May 2019
Development Studies alumnus and journalist, Scott Carpenter, summarises and shares his analysis of a new working paper from the IMF which suggests we need a closer…
14 May 2019
Leah Clark finds evidence of globalisation in art. For many, the Renaissance was the revival or “rebirth” of Western classical antiquity, associated with great artists painting…
10 May 2019
James Ranger attempts to address the issue of what ‘being’ political is all about and why answering the conundrum matters. When political theorists debate the nature of the ‘…
09 May 2019
Duncan Green on what INGOs can do in fast developing semi-authoritarian countries.  Oxfam country directors face an unenviable task – juggling the daily management bureaucracy of…
09 May 2019
To mark Europe Day, 2019 – Charta 2020 is a vision for a democratic and egalitarian European Union, and a demand to recognize 20 European public goods that are essential to the…
08 May 2019
Technology has massive potential to deliver a positive impact on our society – when people are at the heart of it. Civil society organizations have been harnessing technology to…
08 May 2019
Book Review – Loss and Damage from Climate Change: Concepts, Methods and Policy Options edited by R. Mechler, L. Bouwer, T. Schinko, S. Surminski, and J. Linnerooth-Bayer.…
07 May 2019
Nicholas Beuret on how global warming has radically changed the economies and fortunes of the world’s nations. Those least responsible for global warming will suffer the most.…
03 May 2019
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…