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Markus H.-P. Müller on why social literacy, democratic values, and ethical reasoning will become future-proof skills.  Current discussion over the future impact of …
Managing the war within. Robert Schuett argues that peace demands we live democracy not just politically, but psychologically. The idea of fostering peace through mental health is…
Alfredo Toro Hardy on how Trump is giving China a big boost in its aspirations for attaining technological supremacy. In the multi-volume Science and Civilisation in China,…
Ali Fathollah-Nejad argues that the war has left more questions than its answered. A choreographed finish of the 12-Day War The final hours leading up to the ceasefire between…
Power and justice. Robert Schuett argues that English School thinking isn’t nostalgia - It's probably the most essential toolkit for making international society work (again).…
This is not just about Ukraine. Robert Schuett argues that Russia’s occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant signals a broader unravelling of global nuclear governance—…
In a new policy brief, Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that we are creating a world without rules. The Israeli attack on Iranian military and nuclear facilities in the early hours of 13 June marks a watershed…
Brian Stoddart asks how tiny Barbados, with a population rarely exceeding 250,000 and a history devilled by slavery and its aftermath, for so long produced so many of the world’s…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that Trump is accelerating European strategic autonomy.  The European Union came into existence in 1992 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty,…