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Stephenie Foster argues we need transport systems that work for everyone.
Today, 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050, that number is…
Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know by Ray Fisman and Miriam A. Golden. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2017. 336 pp, £51 hardcover 9780190463984, £10.99 paperback…
Catherine Turner explores the prospects and challenges for a newly created network of women mediators.
Recent years have seen the establishment of a number of new Networks of…
Jonathan Birch considers the development of large-scale human cooperation.
The scale of human cooperation
If you start with the assumption that biological altruism evolves because…
Vladimir Kmec explores what Brexit may mean for international peacebuilding efforts.
As a form of international assistance to post-conflict societies, peacebuilding addresses both…
Complicit Sisters: Gender and Women’s Issues across North-South Divides. by Sara de Jong. Oxford University Press. 2017.
In recent years, feminist, postcolonial and decolonial…
If human beings are so ineffective in confronting planetary problems, shouldn’t we seek out help wherever we can find it?
A few years ago I visited an old friend at his home in…
Andy Tattersall argues research reporting must be improved to counter fake news.
Newspaper articles, TV appearances and radio slots are increasingly important ways for…
Dani Rodrik suggests that the best way to combat populist demagogues is a re-imagining of the national interest.
We will never know whether greater honesty on the part of…
The WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with a call to make healthcare fair and affordable.
A friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago.He had two options. He could be…
They believe cryptocurrencies won't affect financial stability, but there should be more regulatory oversight - new CFM survey.
Cryptocurrencies have been a staple of news…
The reality of racism, hatred, anger, insecurity and inequalities is spreading irresistibly. There is no way of escaping from all these daily phenomena unless there is an…
Jim O’Neill from the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) Project outlines his thoughts for 2018.
At the start of 2018, the world economy appears to have continued its cyclical…
David wants us to throw less plastic into the sea. We say we want to be more ethical consumers. So why are we still using so much plastic?!?!
This Sunday, just like last Sunday,…
What does it mean to be cosmopolitan – to be the kind of ‘global citizen’ whom Theresa May famously described as ‘citizens of nowhere’? Does it really make people care as much for…