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There is one glaring omission from SDG 14, argues Laura Liswood: women.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 14 is focused on the effort to conserve and sustain the…
Mark Chadwick introduces his new book exploring the origins of modern international criminal law.
The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials, convened in the aftermath of World War II, are…
Gisela Robles and Andy Sumner's guest post on From Poverty to Power explores what is means to be poor and where the poor live.
It sounds like a simple question: Who are the world’…
Helidah Ogude, Social Development Specialist at World Bank in Washington, DC, explores the impact refugees have on the host countries, the approach towards migrants and the role…
Stephenie Foster on how to address the barriers to women's careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Our world faces multiple challenges: fragility of economic…
Brian Levy responds to two recent blogs exploring his idea of 'working with the grain' to support governance and developmental reforms.
When does a call to ‘work with the grain’…
Social media and technology companies are quickly branching beyond the developed world. As their need for growth expands the map of their geographic footprint, tech firms…
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman. London: Bloomsbury 2017. 336 pp., £16.99 hardcover 9781408890264, £8.99 paperback 9781408893210
The Dutch…
Democracy and the rule of law are suffering in many countries, with the rise of “illiberal” democracies or even outright dictatorships. Why is that? And what makes it a cause of…
Russia's threat is overrated, China's challenge is real – and Trump a mere bob on history's wave.
Around this time of year, many leading military journals will publish a sort of '…