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True power in the modern world lies in shifting the consensus to meet your aims — not in retreating until you have control in name only.
2017 was the year of principled power.…
A host of new political developments both inside liberal democracies and across the globe, such as the rise of authoritarianism, extreme nationalism and a general backlash against…
The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World edited by Roel Meijer and Nils Butenschøn. Leiden: Brill, 2017. 544 pp., €149 hardcover 9789004340565, €138 e-book 9789004340985
Given…
Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists and the Making of Global China. Julian Gewirtz. Harvard University Press. 2017.
I can still remember the days when we sang…
As antisemitism appears to be on the rise across a number of countries, Gervase Phillips provides important background.
Antisemitism is on the march. From the far-right…
Can a model for facilitating the integration of refugees into local labor markets and economies be found from ongoing research in and around Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh?
Just ask the…
As a trade war looms, James Parisot and Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr. explore the USA's response to rising powers.
The world appears to be shifting into an era of intensified…
Irene Bucelli, of the LSE and Franziska Mager, of Oxfam GB, summarize the results from an Oxfam volunteer research project.
When it comes to inequality, a growing body of evidence…
One morning in 1914, Henry Ford made an announcement that shocked the US, if not the whole world. A Cleveland newspaper reported that it “shot like a blinding rocket through the…
English has achieved prime status by becoming the most widely spoken language in the world – if one disregards proficiency – ahead of Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. English is…