Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

24 April 2023
This is the follow-up commentary to 'Lula’s Return to China: Brazil between the Superpowers, Part I’. National leaders rushed to congratulate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his…
19 April 2023
Eva Erman and Markus Furendal urge researchers and the public to better think through the role of politics in the age of AI. This is the second post in a new EGG…
18 April 2023
Dominic Vickers, UK Donor Compliance Advisor at Oxfam GB, lays out the techniques for keeping aid funds on British soil. ODA – Official Development Assistance. The clue is in the…
17 April 2023
Michael Ambühl, Nora Meier, and Richard Ponzio call for a group of enlightened countries with civil society support to boldly push for overdue reforms to the ineffectual council.…
12 April 2023
Sketching out the elements of a possible diplomatic solution for those positioning themselves as mediators. Brazil, China and other countries have begun to position…
11 April 2023
This is the first post in a new EGG commentary series exploring how AI’s development is affecting economic, social and political decision-making around the world. Laura Mahrenbach…
11 April 2023
At the end of an LSE Public Lecture back in November 2022, I was asked by an astute Oxford graduate student whether Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s return as President of Brazil, the…
06 April 2023
Solved: How the World’s Great Cities are Fixing the Climate Crisis by David Miller. Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2020. 208 pp., $34.99 hardcover 9781487506827 Where can we…
05 April 2023
Solon Ardittis calls for a Security Council made up of political blocs (or alliances). Calls to reform the UN Security Council have pervaded the political agenda of most non-…
04 April 2023
Pelle Axelsson interviews Johan Engvall about a region of the world that some consider 'a blank spot on the map'. Johan Engvall has been working with the countries in Central Asia…