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13 September 2016
Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of Immigration by David Miller. Harvard University Press. 2016. 0674088905 In Strangers in Our Midst: The Political Philosophy of…
13 September 2016
Sian Sullivan explores whether the conservation of natural capital equates with the conservation of nature? The four-yearly World Conservation Congress of the International Union…
12 September 2016
Washington's move to limit proliferation of armed drones is part of its search for a sharper military-technological edge. The United States sent a senior official to the Arms…
09 September 2016
Surveillance is woven into our everyday lives. While this in itself is not new, what we experience today differs in scale from, say, covert surveillance photos of suffragettes,…
08 September 2016
Dani Rodrik argues that the goal of global governance embodies a yearning for technocratic solutions that override and undercut public deliberation. Global governance is the…
08 September 2016
Climate and environmental impacts are ravaging our planet, and women and marginalized groups are among those most affected.   “We must resist in the different ways that…
07 September 2016
Thomas Carothers of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace introduces his newly released report, Navigating International Aid in Transitions:  A Guide for Recipients…
07 September 2016
Simeon Djankov argues that the access that London has to European money is based on proximity and historic relationships, not on being part of the EU. Following the Brexit vote,…
06 September 2016
Summarising a recent paper written with Chris Hoy, Andy Sumner explores how redistributive policies would be likely to end extreme poverty faster than growth. Amartya Sen’s…
05 September 2016
International Media Centre – G20 Hangzhou Summit. Earlier this year Britain held a referendum on its EU membership, and voted to leave the European Union, though the…