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The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) started in 1998 and was completed in 2011, with five partners involved: Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the…
The imbalances and inequities generated by the global economy cannot be tackled by protecting a few politically well-connected industries, using manifestly ridiculous national…
Miriam Abaya discusses whether the recent spate of resignations by long-serving African leaders is a cause for hope among Africa’s youth.
In 2017, the African continent…
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…
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…
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…