Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

06 October 2014
In 2011, the Australian government passed the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act. The Act has been passed with the objective of addressing public health concerns arising from smoking…
02 October 2014
Civic Virtue and the Sovereignty of Evil by Derek Edyvane. New York and Abingdon: Routledge 2013. 160 pp, $140 hardback 978-0-415-89047-2, e-book 978-0-203-08572-1 Derek Edyvane…
30 September 2014
Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond by Iavor Rangelov. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014. 224 pp, £60 hardcover 9781107012196, $76…
24 September 2014
This interview was conducted for the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…
22 September 2014
The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has opened a can of worms and threatens to descend into an era of prolonged acrimony in the international community. Upon Russia’s…
08 September 2014
Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons by Burns H. Weston and David Bollier. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013. 390 pp, £65…
01 September 2014
Scotland will go to the polls on September 18th for a referendum on independence, the outcome of which is very much in doubt. Regardless of the result, the referendum campaign…
28 August 2014
Demobilizing Irregular Forces, by Eric Y. Shibuya. Cambridge / Malden MA: Polity Press, 2012. 167 pp, £45/€54 hardcover 978-0-7456-4885-9, £13.99/€16.80…
21 August 2014
Will China Dominate the 21st Century? By Jonathan Fenby. Cambridge: Polity 2014. 139 pp, £35 hardcover 978-0-7456-7926-6; £9.99 paperback 978-0-7456-7927-3; £7.…
29 July 2014
Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: Article 4(h) of the African Union Constitutive Act, edited by Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen. Oxford and New York: Routledge 2014. 398 pp…