Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

25 January 2019
Following the introduction of Oxfam’s new Davos Report on From Poverty to Power, one of its authors, Max Lawson, reflects on the links between inequality and public services like…
24 January 2019
The Finance Curse: How Global Finance is Making Us All Poorer. Nicholas Shaxson. Bodley Head. 2018. In The Finance Curse: How Global Finance is Making Us All Poorer, Nicholas…
23 January 2019
As global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum to discuss some of the world’s most pressing issues, including inequality and poverty, many will share data to illustrate a…
23 January 2019
Jacopo Scita critically examines the state of China-Iran relations in the occasion of the third anniversary of Xi Jinping’s visit to Tehran in the aftermath of the JCPOA…
22 January 2019
People shouldn’t be forced to choose between eating well, and eating in an environmentally conscious way. The ‘planetary health diet' was announced yesterday by an international…
21 January 2019
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ernestina Coast and Nicky Armstrong argue that Trump’s global gag rule will not only be ineffective in reducing the number of abortions, but will also…
21 January 2019
Climate change is already affecting many aspects of our everyday lives, including what we eat, where we live and the buildings we inhabit. And dangerous industries that make our…
17 January 2019
Populist politicians frequently champion direct democracy, yet other actors view populists as a threat to the democratic system. Ben Margulies draws on the work of Karl Polanyi in…
16 January 2019
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
15 January 2019
The next era of global economic expansion must better account for the inner tension between its levelling and gravitational forces. How can we grow our economies without growing…