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Low-income African countries can sustain moderate rates of productivity growth into the future, on the back of steady improvements in human capital and governance. But the…
Philippe Isler and Cristián Rodríguez Chiffelle explore what the Fourth Industrial Revolution may mean for developing countries' imports and exports.
The fact that technology is…
Humanitarian Rackets and their Moral Hazards: The Case of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon by Rayyar Marron. Abingdon and New York: Routledge 2016. 188 pp., £110 hardcover…
The ability to argue, to express our reasoning to others, is one of the defining features of what it is to be human.Argument and debate form the cornerstones of civilised society…
Never laugh at a rape joke, speak out against lower wages for women. Don’t underestimate the power of everyday activism to uphold justice.
Activism can be as soft as a pillow, as…
The “Parenting for a Digital Future” blog has tried to capture the diversity of families’ experiences with the internet around the world by including reflections on fieldwork…
In this post Mary Kaldor reviews Nathalie Tocci’s book: Framing the EU Global Strategy: A Stronger Europe in a Fragile World Palgrave Studies in European…
Charlene Jennett and Anna L Cox explore the benifits of citizens' science projects.
On Christmas Day in 1900, the ornithologist Frank M Chapman proposed a new holiday…
Post-Western World: How Emerging Powers are Remaking Global Order by Oliver Stuenkel. Cambridge and Malden: Polity 2016. 180 pp., £50 hardcover 9781509504565, £15.99 paperback…
On 1 December I attended SOAS University for a screening of the film ‘The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire’, co-produced by film maker Michael Oswald and John…
In the wake of the rise of nationalist sentiments in Western nations, Senni Salmi examines how Finland arrived at its inclusive narrative.
The term nationalism is not in fashion.…
Following his previous opinion piece (available here), Dave Anderson sketches the contours of a US peace treaty with North Korea.
The North Korea crisis is the most critical…
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—…
Andrea Stroppa on the state of the ongoing struggle agaisnt fake news.
Lawyers from top tech companies were recently asked about the role their firms played in the 2016 United…
From gathering around the campfire sharing tales to binge watching the latest Netflix series, humans are, and have always been, inveterate producers and consumers of stories.
But…