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Branko Milanovic unpicks the motives of those cracking down on campus protests.
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students…
Martha Molfetas argues that a just transition will require a solid plastics treaty.
Plastic Treaty meetings in Ottawa, Canada wrapped up with little fanfare and an agreement…
In the first two linked posts, Alfredo Toro Hardy analyses why Trump’s chaotic first term could look steady and composed compared to what comes in his second. In his next column,…
Branko Milanovic explores secessionism and the collapse of Communist federations.
Vladislav M. Zubok’s splendid “Collapse” is a chronicle of the break-up of the Soviet Union. It…
Branko Milanovic on the logical fallacies rich countries indulge when ignoring the connections between poverty and climate change.
The Industrial Revolution in North-Western…
Martha Molfetas argues that governments continue to pick up the bill for the fossil fuel industry's destructive greed.
It’s not new news, fossil interests continue to stymie…
Alfredo Toro Hardy analyses where Latin America belongs.
In his seminal book The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel P. Huntington makes a distinction…
Ali Fathollah-Nejad and Amin Naeni argue that there is a stark disconnect between diplomatic gestures and tangible outcomes between Tehran and Riyadh. This stagnation raises…
Branko Milanovic on the joys of bookstores.
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that Rome holds lessons for those worried by Europe's over centralising tendencies.
67 years ago today, on 25 March 1957, Europe’s…