Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

25 July 2024
Major powers are increasingly approaching global problems through a zero-sum lens. Is multilateralism on its last leg? In his inaugural lecture as Professor of International…
25 July 2024
Andy Sumner and Arief Anshory Yusuf explore what it means and how much would it cost? In a new UNU-WIDER paper, which provides background for this year’s OECD Development…
24 July 2024
Do international organisations have a PR problem? A breakdown of new research on the relationship between tangibility and the image of IOs in Western states. In your research, you…
24 July 2024
Glauco Ortolano explores an implausible proposal for how the war may end through economic rather than political means. Although I live in a country that enshrines in its…
23 July 2024
Tim Hirschel-Burns and Marina Zucker-Marques call for an expansion for the scope of the Nairobi-Washington Vision to help countries regain financial stability and…
18 July 2024
Ethnic, racial, and religious distinctions ground national identity – which can fuel populism. Expert Vinícius G. Rodrigues Vieira on his new book and how identity capital helps…
17 July 2024
Duncan Green with some ideas for INGOs struggling to find their role in a fast changing world. I finished my 20 year stint at Oxfam at the end of April, and as it recedes in…
11 July 2024
Worsening crises call for a radical rethink of global governance – which means centering the Global South, writes expert Aude Darnal. What are perspectives from the Global South…
09 July 2024
Ahead of NATO's 75th Summit, the Alliance is facing a myriad of crises. Expert Leonard Schütte on what to expect from the upcoming Washington summit and what success could look…
04 July 2024
As global health crises compound, the current lack of progress on health equity and other pressing issues will have grim consequences. But there are steps policymakers can take to…