Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

21 April 2016
Pablo Castillo Diaz explores the United Nation's portrayal in popular culture. Conduct the following exercise: scroll through a list of actors who have played the role of the…
21 April 2016
Duncan Green reviews Branko Milanovic's 'Global Inequality A New Approach for the Age of Globalization. Global Inequality A New Approach for the Age of Globalization, by…
20 April 2016
This keynote speech from Alan Pellet was given at the first session of the third OECD meeting of International Organisations in April. The session was entitled: ‘International…
15 April 2016
In March 2016, the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield, led by Professor Jason Heyes and Dr. Thomas Hastings led a team of social scientists acting as a…
15 April 2016
As the vote on Britain’s EU membership draws closer, Ted Schrecker explores Québec’s own history of referendums to offer an outsider’s perspective. As a…
14 April 2016
"Autonomous weapons are artificial intelligence systems that are programmed to kill.” Future of Life Institute The development of lethal artificial intelligence will…
14 April 2016
El Poeta, directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, Loteria Films, 2015. 55 minutes, distributed by Bull Frog Films, DVD ISBN 1-94154-546-7 On March 28, 2011, seven…
13 April 2016
With China at the helm, South-South cooperation on climate finance can make 2016 a historic year, write Thomas Hale and Peter Ogden. The December 2015 UN climate summit in…
06 April 2016
Marghoob Saleem Butt, Executive Director of the IPHRC, argues that despite a slow start there are hopeful signs that the implementation of UNHRC Resolution 16/18 is about to pick…
04 April 2016
Western policies on Syria were misguided. And they were not in line with basic responsibility to protect principles. Syria is the latest large-scale humanitarian tragedy. Syria,…