Essays Archive
The failure of ‘progressivism’ to gain traction in the current political landscape can be diagnosed in many ways. The diagnosis pursued here, partly in response to a set of recent…
The article argues that, after 45 years of 'neoliberal destruction', the time is ripe for moving forward with the adoption of a new set of progressive economic policies (beyond…
This study looks at the impact of a national cryptocurrency on the payment landscape in the midst of the rise of global public cryptocurrencies and interest from central banks in…
Since the Suez crisis of 1956, the United States of America has been widely recognised as the dominant power in the Middle East. For sixty years, this domination has not only…
The anonymity afforded by early incarnations of the internet posed a substantial threat to conventional models of national sovereignty. Free from restrictions and laws, cyberspace…
The Ukraine crisis and the subsequent cooling of West-Russia relations has elicited a number of popular arguments as to the trajectory of the relationship, many of which are…
Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 envisages increasing the private sector’s share of economic output to 65%. Output per worker in the non-oil economy must rise by 4% annually…
Every incoming Secretary-General is expected to make the United Nations (UN) more fit for purpose. The new Secretary-General is no exception with António Guterres under pressure…
The expansion of multinational pipelines for the transportation of oil and gas has created new opportunities for both cooperation and competition, with implications for stability…
There is a discourse in Europe’s current academic and political debate about growing Anti-Europeanism linked to Anti-Globalization in the Central Eastern European (CEE)…