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10 July 2019
The next Group of Seven meeting is around the corner and the French President Emmanuel Macron is shining a spotlight on economic polarization. But will the world’s leading…
09 July 2019
From mobile phones to reusable rockets, today we live with inventions that were once considered science fiction. These innovations have also affected our general living standards…
08 July 2019
George Osborne, the former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, is touting himself as the next head of the International Monetary Fund. He is hoping to fill the forthcoming vacancy as…
03 July 2019
Today is my second happiest day in government. With these words, Donald Trump’s national security advisor, John R. Bolton, hailed the decision by the International Criminal Court…
02 July 2019
Sentientist Politics: A Theory of Global Inter-Species Justice by Alasdair Cochrane. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 162 pp., £55.00 hardcover 978-0-198-78980-2 This book…
30 June 2019
Aidy Halimanjaya argues that Jokowi’s focus should be on pushing forward Indonesia’s energy sector reforms. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s plan to move the Indonesia’s capital…
28 June 2019
International Media Centre – G20 Osaka Summit. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been at the centre of the last four G20 summits. In 2015, at the Antalya Summit, world…
28 June 2019
International Media Centre – G20 Osaka Summit. It’s difficult to imagine a better backdrop for the G20 commemorative ‘family’ photograph than Osaka Castle, a magnificent structure…
28 June 2019
International Media Centre – G20 Osaka Summit. If your only experience of Japan was two days holed up with the global media in the Osaka Intex centre for this year’s G20, you’d be…
28 June 2019
International Media Centre – G20 Osaka Summit. A recent report by the Union of Kansai Governments has estimated that almost 10 million pieces of plastic bags are currently adrift…