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Turkish-Saudi Relations: Cooperation and Competition in the Middle East by Sinem Cengiz. Berlin: Gerlach Press, 2020. 197 pp., £75 hardcover 9783959941341, e-book 9783959941358…
Lars Engberg-Pedersen and Adam Fejerskov explore the nature and necessity of confronting inequality through global development efforts.
Inequality tears societies apart. It…
Unexpected research findings have the potential to build a reputation rapidly, and the research paper itself is not always the endgame. Professor Duncan Green talks to researcher…
Delivering medical care remotely has been a survival mechanism during the pandemic. But it has benefits that should be held on to, as Bangladesh’s experience shows.
One of the…
Bens Ramalingam and Kumpf have a thought-provoking new paper out on Covid-linked innovation in poor countries, and the lessons for aid donors. Here…
Public health leaders who contained the Ebola epidemic make the case for COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer, open access vaccines for poor countries, and donation of funds…
Vahagn Avedian explores the significance of Biden's recent use of the 'G' word.
Does it really matter to recognize a century old “historical” event such as the Armenian Genocide…
Nicola P. Contessi weighs in on the implications of the Suez Canal logjam.
To everyone’s relief, the Suez blockage found a swift solution after only seven days. The entire backlog…
Cryptocurrencies are slowly changing the world. That could be particularly true for the world's charity and NGO sector.
Cryptocurrencies have rocketed into the mainstream. Bitcoin…
Sebastian Buckup explores what it really takes to 'build back better' after COVID-19.
“Never let a good crisis go to waste,” goes a common policy maxim. It is the rallying cry of…