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Donald Trump will probably go down in history as having pulled the biggest political con job in US electoral politics. With no coherent ideology but lies and false promises, he…
Austin Schiano explores the link between human rights and renewable energy.
2016 was the year that, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), renewable energy finally became a…
Citizenship is a duty that transcends borders. Jennifer Allsopp reports for 50.50 from the first day of of the 2017 Nobel Women's Initiative conference.
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The UK-EU financial settlement risks becoming a toxic stumbling block in Brexit negotiations. But there are actually much more important issues to discuss. To diffuse the issue,…
A Revolution Undone: Egypt’s Road Beyond Revolt by H.A. Hellyer. London: Hurst, 2016. 251 pp, £20 hardcover 9781849046848
There is much to commend in H.A. Hellyer…
Duncan Green explores a new report on the changing face of global civic activism.
Bumped into Tom Carothers in the DFID foyer the other day, and he handed me a copy of a…
Paula Serafini explores the paradox of Trump's wealth, the lack of social mobility, and voting patterns in contemporary America.
Commentators tend to agree on two main reasons…
Professor Faguet explains why political economy research on Latin America is on the verge of a major breakthrough, based on deep collaborations between historians,…
What’s at stake: at odds with the conventional wisdom of constant factor shares, the portion of national income accruing to labour has been trending downward in the last…
Europe has its confidence back. After a series of setbacks, Europe’s centre has held in the face of an electoral assault from both political flanks.
But renewed…