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Sebastian Buckup explores what it really takes to 'build back better' after COVID-19. “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” goes a common policy maxim. It is the rallying cry of…
Compromised accounts, device confiscation, censorship, surveillance, excessive monitoring – these are some of the threats in cyberspace with the potential to violate human rights…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 15 years…
The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics edited by Alpaslan Ozerdem and Matthew Whiting. Abingdon and New York: Routledge 2019. 528 pp., £152 hardcover 9781138500556, £31.99…
Lalit Chennamaneni examines the decline of Indian democracy and the Global North’s contention with it. A comment on Amrita Narlikar’s ‘Why should Germany work more with India?’.…
Barnaby Dye and David Hulme ask whether Britain can learn from the mistakes and reforms of other emerging and developed economies in creating its new infrastructure bank. In the…
Martin Miszerak and Bruce VonCannon argue that Hong Kong's youth are the key to its democratic future. One bizarre spill-over from the recent Hong Kong protests was the adoption…
Sara Torsner and Jackie Harrison explore how COVID-19 has been an opportunity to close the space for civil society. A government’s fear of scrutiny and criticism often determines…
Cameron Boyle argues that faith based organisations have important roles to play in migrant services.  For vulnerable migrants and refugees, arrival in the host society ought…
Despite failures, the EU’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy constitutes a strong display of European solidarity. In recent months, the EU has been criticized over its handling of the…