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Post Archive
The collapse of the Afghan military and seizure of its weapons by the Taliban indicate that governments should be more careful when making decisions concerning arms…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, Ingunn Bjørkhaug, Adele Garnier and Astrid Espegren examine the focus on evacuating educated and professional Afghan women after the Taliban-takeover,…
Emrys Schoemaker argues that the Taliban has once again reminded us that digital identity systems are like all technologies — they are neither good nor bad, but never neutral…
With the Taliban having taken control over Afghanistan, millions of Afghans may soon experience limited internet access, online censorship, and related digital, administrative or…
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison by Ahmet T. Kuru. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019. 316 pp., £74.99 hardcover 978-1-…
Thomas Hale responds to a report from the new UN Special Envoy for Future Generations aimed at putting temporal problems on the agenda.
Can we govern the future? The United…
Joerg Mayer argues that data governance that harnesses the increasing dependence of manufacturing on data, and innovation policies that give greater importance to indigenous…
Vicky Karyoti explores popular misconceptions regarding the age of drone warfare.
In October 2001, nearly one month after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center…
Eighteen months after COVID reached Europe, we can begin to reflect on the ethical dimensions of the pandemic. Aveek Bhattacharya (Social Market Foundation) and Fay Niker (…
Judith Nshobol unpicks the nuts and bolts of the power differentials within the development sector's global research ‘supply chains’. This is part of the Bukavu series…
Immigration and Freedom by Chandran Kukathas. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021. 364pp. $35 hardcover 9780691189680, $19.25 e-book 9780691215389
In this informed and…
Saqib Qureshi argues that profit may have been the real motive of America's long and ultimately unsuccessful involvement in Afghanistan.
Right now, you’d be hard…
The ICC has come under sustained attacks for a disproportionate focus on crimes in Africa, discrediting the Court’s mandate amid accusations of bias. By looking inwardly and by…
Duncan Green (and friends) with a timely listicle on Afghanistan.
On Monday, exasperated by the nature of the coverage of the fall of Kabul, I tweeted a request for links: ‘What…
On World Humanitarian Day, Sydney Kamen, Isabel Kleitsch, Matthew O’Bryan and Blaise Robert issue an important call to support the vital work of humanitarian negotiators…