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Yu Xiong argues that we’re seeing the same lethal combination of overvaluation, overdependence, and under-regulation that toppled the financial system in 2008, but there are…
Paola Vargas-Arana argues that census designers should recognise categories as political artefacts rather than technical facts, and commit to historical accountability in how they…
Andrew Cooper, University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, is in Johannesburg for the G20 Summit, November 22-23, 2025.
US President Trump has cast a profound…
Amidst geopolitical rifts, a string of high-level meetings over the next weeks provides Europe an opportunity to resolve its struggle to find footing on the global stage. While…
Andrew Cooper, University Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, is in Johannesburg for the G20 Summit.
I was prepared to be extremely gloomy about the South African…
Reacting to recent developments, Karin Austin, Michael Bohlander and Kimberly S. Engels argue that it's time we listen to those that claim to have had close encounters with UAP.…
If the last century’s struggle was over who controls information, Emrys Schoemaker and Tom Kirk argue that the next may be over who controls the infrastructures of trust.
As…
Azira Ahimsa reimagines a future of international agreements in which we reconcile human ambiguity with machine precision, as states automate more of their governance and…
Jean-Pierre Murray examines the legality of recent U.S. strikes on suspected drug trafficking boats, arguing that the shift from interdiction to kinetic armed force potentially…
The Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition by Jorge Heine, Carlos Fortin and Carlos Ominami. Cambridge: Polity Press 2025. 220 pp., £50 hardcover 978…
In late 2025 the development cooperation architecture or system is being openly renegotiated rather than quietly adjusted. Will it be a gradual shift or will 2025 be seen in…
Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene argues that a multipolar landscape opens space for innovation, accountability, and more legitimate governance.
For two decades, global health…
Marzia Raza argues that the two countries' posturing contributes to worsening law and order internally as well as regionally. Yet, India stands to lose more than…
China’s rise has been impressive but directionless. Without a coherent grand strategy, Beijing risks turning its power into instability—both for itself and for the world.
As Odd…
Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat argue that the NDB has a chance to prove that development finance can be both ambitious and responsible
When the New…