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07 September 2017
Patricia J. Sohn offers an alternative perspective on Trump's international engagements.  I grew up decidedly on the Left. I have been so disgusted by local and national…
07 September 2017
Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China by Julian Gewirtz. Harvard University Press Perhaps the most momentous set of…
06 September 2017
More than a year ago, British voters sent waves of shock throughout Europe and the world economy with their decision to withdraw from the European Union (EU). However, the impact…
05 September 2017
Gary Fooks and Tom Mills explore on of the main justifications given for Brexit. Government estimates suggest that around half of all UK legislation with an impact on business,…
04 September 2017
This is the introduction to ‘The Mediterranean Reset: Geopolitics in a New Age’, a new GP E-Book out later this week. Please see here for more about the volume. The…
04 September 2017
This is the last of a four-part series of posts on Poland’s, Hungary’s and the Czech Republic’s perilous play with the EU’s refugee relocation agreement.…
01 September 2017
Young people feel that they’re not being listened to by global decision makers. But with over half of the world’s population under the age of 30, it won’t be…
01 September 2017
The Law of Deliberative Democracy by Ron Levy and Graeme Orr. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016. 239 pp, £110 hardcover 9780415705004, £39.99 e-book 9781315890159 With…
31 August 2017
Mark Lorch explores why conspiracy theories spring up with such regularity. I’m sitting on a train when a group of football fans streams on. Fresh from the game –…
31 August 2017
This is the third of a four-part series of posts on Poland’s, Hungary’s and the Czech Republic’s perilous play with the EU’s refugee relocation agreement.…