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A second wave of global protests following the Arab Spring has brought youth onto the streets to voice their frustrations. United across time-zones and cultures, these young…
Human psychology and institutional incentives are powerful barriers to truth and reason, but both can be addressed.
It is astounding that human beings continue to be astounded by…
Leïla Choukroune on what may be sacrificed to secure Britain’s post-Brexit trade deals.
“Peace is the natural effect of trade. Two nations who traffic with each other become…
Money coming into Africa is outweighed by money coming out. As Southern Africa faces major challenges in meeting its targets on social and economic rights, Sunit Bagree addresses…
Brexit has weakened populists on the continent? This is wishful thinking. No longer willing to leave the EU, instead populists are determined to take it over.
Brexit is a moving…
Recently, the French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Beijing to challenge the attempt of the United States to normalize its trade relationship with China. With the lack of…
Tackling climate change numbers among the most pressing issues for governments worldwide. But after the United Nations struggled to even find a host for its upcoming international…
What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no equality, and without equality freedom is fragile and vulnerable.…
I recently sat down with inequality guru Branko Milanovic to discuss his path-breaking work on inequality, and his new book, Capitalism Alone (review follows tomorrow). Here are a…
Tena Prelec reports on an initiative to expose how Western actors – such as bankers, accountants, lawyers, estate agents, and PR specialists – facilitate…
The Netherlands has recently joined a handful of other Western countries in passing new laws with the hope of stifling terrorist activity and threats. Thea Hilhorst and Isabelle…
Protests convulse global politics, but it’s what happens when they die down that can really make a difference.
The last half-year has seen a startling cluster of protests around…
Brooks Marmon explores the propaganda struggles and diplomatic debates emanating from Western sanctions on Zimbabwe.
Africa fully supports the post-Mugabe regime of President…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik and Dennis Dijkzeul reflect on some of the new directions in humanitarian governance and the ambiguity of some of the principal techniques.
According…
There’s little that the left and the right agree on these days. But surely one thing is beyond question: that national governments must protect citizens from the gravest threats…