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David Ritter explores the World’s confusion over Australia’s lack of action over the deteriorating state of the Great Barrier Reef. There are aspects of every liberal democracy…
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Human rights scholarship and advocacy claim to be grounded in universality, yet both are anything but in their privileging the Western role in building an international human…
How can we foster inter-disciplinary understandings of complex global issues? To foster a more comprehensive and holistic understanding of complex issues interdisciplinary…
Peter Vanham explores what we, as individuals, may have to do to live in an aging world. Here’s a shocking insight: we’ll all live 100 years, and we’re not at all prepared for it.…
Global Democratic Theory: A Critical Introduction by Daniel Bray and Steven Slaughter. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2015. 272 pp, £55 hardcover 978-0-7456-8087-3, £16.99 paperback 978…
In this interview, Bue Rübner Hansen and Cameron Thibos explore how cities and activists across Europe are fighting their national governments to better welcome refugees. Cameron…
For decades, the US has used sanctions against countries and regimes where they seek to encourage change. But what determines whether or not the US imposes sanctions in the first…
Nadia Daar argues that Jim Kim’s upcoming interview for the position of World Bank President should be an opportunity rather than just a formality. Preparing for an interview is…
Veronica Barassi explores digital parenthood and the everyday construction of children’s digital profiles. She argues that children’s data flows are not only connected to…