Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives
What is Trump after with his legal challenges of a “rigged and stolen” election? Can he really hope for a legislative coup? Is the contemporary United States a country…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that a return to an old, pre-Trump, transatlantic mindset will not adequate to address contemporary global policy challenges.
Even though the…
Branko Milanovic on the lessons we should learn from the Trump era.
Now as Trump is being made ready to enter history, many publications are reviewing his presidency, as…
This is a short, less than 700 words, piece that “Globe and Mail” asked me to write about the forthcoming US election. They got what they apparently did not expect and wanted me…
Markovits, D. (2019) The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite. Penguin Random House. ISBN…
Scott Montgomery on why autocrats fear scientific knowledge and expertise.
A hidden but heated theme in this election and Supreme Court hearing season, the most important in many…
Keman Huang, Stuart Madnick and Nazli Choucri argue that Singapore must lead the world in developing a global standardized cyber code for digital trade.
Salience of Digital…
Dr Deanna Davy examines the situation of vulnerable migrants and victims of modern slavery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on…
Branko Milanovic argues that, in some cases, literature can help shed light on how inequality was historically understood and felt.
Can we use literature to learn more about…
C. J. Polychroniou on why a Global Green New Deal Project is the only way to address climate change.
The position of the Academies of Science from more than 80 countries and…