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07 January 2015
Rishikesh Ram Bhandary examines the latest round of climate negotiations that took place in Lima, Peru and identifies key issues for the talks ahead of the deadline for a new…
06 January 2015
The first part of former Argentine MP Fernando Iglesias’ examination of the mistakes of the EU’s foreign strategy and proposal for a new way forward for Latin-American integration…
06 January 2015
Blair Glencorse and Ashoka Mukpo argue that in the wake of Ebola attention must turn to supporting internal reformers to strengthen relationships between citizens and the state…
05 January 2015
This opinion piece is part of the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…
18 December 2014
Will the Middle East Implode? by Mohammed Ayoob. Cambridge: Polity 2014. 120 pp, £35 hardcover 978-0-7456-7924-2, £9.99 paperback 978-0-7456-7925-9, £6.99 e-book…
17 December 2014
This post presents the second part of Roland Benedikter’s exploration of the different economic cultures of Europe and the US. For the first part please click here. In times when…
12 December 2014
Vanishing Coup: The Pattern of World History Since 1310 by Ivan Perkins. Lanham/Plymouth: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. 343 pp, £44.95 hardcover 978-1-4422-2271-7, e-book…
09 December 2014
“The power of nations assembled here is not military power or economic power, nevertheless it is power. Call it moral force” The aforementioned quote is credited to India’s first…
02 December 2014
Oluwasola Omoju examines global climate change mitigation strategy from the perspective of sub-Sahara African countries. As policy makers gather for the Lima Climate Change…
28 November 2014
Nayef Al-Rodhan argues for a globally inclusive educational program that promotes cultural security and understanding. There are all kinds of moral truths that see the world from…