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In this Democracy Papers essay, George Marcus addresses the important role that emotions play in politics. In a timely contribution to essays on the Anxieties of Democracy, Marcus…
At the heart of the current US trade war with China is tariffs on imports like steel, sorghum and silicon chips. But, with the growing role of data and digital technology in the…
Milan Varda and Sophie Nepali interview Global Policy’s Board Member Suresh Nanwani about the challenges and opportunities under the current regime of international development.…
Mary Kaldor introduces the idea of 'civicness' and why its important in conflict-affected places.
The Oxford English dictionary defines civicness as ‘relating to a city or town,…
Emrys Schoemaker and Tom Kirk introduce Caribou Digital’s new project to develop an identity ecosystem mapping tool for use by development and civil society organizations. This…
Presenting evidence from the Harbingers Study, a three-year longitudinal study of Early Career Researchers (ECRs), David Nicholas assesses the extent to which the new…
Sean Lang explores what lessons Trump might have taken away from the D-Day ceremonies and what they may mean for the future of global cooperation.
In 1944 the blimps above London…
The government's plan to move away from traditional methods of measuring growth and development are in keeping with a global push for a more purposeful capitalism.
Prime Minister…
In this conversation, hosted by the SSRC’s Media & Democracy program, program officer Mike Miller revisits an often overlooked topic—expectations and predictions for the…
In collaboration with Karl-Andrew Woltin from Roehampton University and Kai Sassenberg from the University of Tübingen, Nihan Albayrak introduce a new paper on approaches to…
James Dyke discusses his personal tipping point.
Everybody seems to be talking about climate change again. This time, a great deal of the coverage has been sympathetic to the idea…
Aliza Luft tackles a question essential for social science and for human rights work—how, and how much, does dehumanizing propaganda spread by planners of genocide affect the “…
Duncan Green on what a recent MA course taught with Global Policy's Tom Kirk tells us about the future of activism.
I’ve spent the last three weeks buried in marking. For most…
China in the Global Political Economy: From Developmental to Entrepreneurial by Gordon C.K. Cheung. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2018. 224 pp., £75 hardcover 978-1-78471-490-1.
While…
What if collective introspection made us into better campaigners?
Campaigners aren’t known for being contemplative. By definition they are trying to change something beyond…