Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

23 May 2016
The Panama papers show that many countries around the world have failed to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. But making sure everyone pays their fair share is not just a question…
20 May 2016
Sarah Carson explores the often unspoken reality of urban living for women around the world and what can be done about it. Today is International Safe Cities for Women Day. It…
19 May 2016
Roger Mac Ginty explores the lack of diversity at the International Studies Association and what can be done about it. “Where are all the brown folks?’ –…
19 May 2016
Ian Thorpe explores how aid is approaching the insights of complexity science. We are an important juncture in development at the moment with the Sustainable Development Goals due…
18 May 2016
Rahel Dette and Julia Steets explore the evolving role of new technologies in aid and development. Operating in insecure environments is one of the more critical tests for the…
17 May 2016
Nancy Birdsall, Scott Morris and Anna Diofasi unpick the politics and numbers behind responses to the Syrian refugee crises. The Europeans are struggling with the question—…
11 May 2016
The History of Compulsory Voting in Europe: Democracy's Duty? by Anthoula Malkopoulou. New York / London: Routledge 2015. 184 pp, £90 hardcover 9781138021976 Massive…
04 May 2016
Why do certain ideas and political paradigms endure while others become obsolete or are rejected? This question has preoccupied political and philosophical scholarship for…
26 April 2016
Josh Busby explores what the Treaty, if that’s what it is, means in light of US domestic politics. The 22nd April was Earth Day, and there is a push in the climate…
25 April 2016
Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities by Duncan McLaren and Julian Agyeman. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 2015. 464 pp, £23.95 hardcover 9780262029728, $…