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The proclaimed support of the EU for gender equality is seen as one element in a wider programme of colonization, whereby what was once Marxism is now replaced by gender politics…
While there has been increasing attention paid to the role of emotions in international relations, generally the same cannot be said of international law –with some exceptions.…
During academic seminars, any given question is 2.5 times more likely to be asked by a male than a female audience member. Alecia Carter reports on this research, which suggests…
A ballistic missile warning alarm that was wrongly triggered in Hawaii recently rams home the importance of the way interfaces are designed to prevent such major bloopers from…
How can we face up to the enormity of environmental collapse? How can we collectively build a politics for the Anthropocene? Laurie Laybourn-Langton interviews activist and former…
David Duriesmith identifies tensions created by efforts to ‘engage’ men and boys in Women, Peace and Security, and introduces his new working paper: ‘Engaging men and boys in the…
Stephenie Foster argues we need transport systems that work for everyone.
Today, 55 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050, that number is…
Corruption: What Everyone Needs to Know by Ray Fisman and Miriam A. Golden. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2017. 336 pp, £51 hardcover 9780190463984, £10.99 paperback…
Catherine Turner explores the prospects and challenges for a newly created network of women mediators.
Recent years have seen the establishment of a number of new Networks of…
Jonathan Birch considers the development of large-scale human cooperation.
The scale of human cooperation
If you start with the assumption that biological altruism evolves because…