Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

01 March 2017
Yolanda Jinxin Ma explores how open data could benefit the government of China. In the past decade, open data has grown out of a conceptual discussion into a global movement.…
27 February 2017
Helen Clark examines trends in global governance and considers what is needed going forward to tackle issues beyond the capacity of individual nation states to resolve on their…
20 February 2017
Duncan Green explores a new paper from IDS' Robin Luckham on the contested concept of security. I have been known in the past to be a little snippy about the writing style of…
20 February 2017
C.J. Polychroniou and Nikolaos Karagiannis explore Syriza’s inability to resist the pressures of the international creditors. It's been seven years since the…
17 February 2017
Mark Zuckerberg has posted a manifesto on his view of social media's role in global events and what they can do about it. To our community, On our journey to connect the world…
17 February 2017
As India continues to seek membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, Kanica Rakhra reflects on current controls regarding the trade of nuclear material. She argues that these…
16 February 2017
At issue is due process, the rule of law and the division of powers that defines American democracy. In the three weeks since Donald Trump took the oath of office he has set out…
16 February 2017
Should we be blamed for the negative consequences of otherwise wholly good acts? Tom Rowe considers the moral risks faced by aid givers. Sometimes, in order to aid individuals,…
14 February 2017
State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World by Joshua Kurlantzick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 287pp, £19.99 hardcover 9780199385706…
14 February 2017
Despite the worries, Kathryn Hochstetler finds room for transformative climate change action under newly elected President Trump. On his first day in office, US President Donald…