Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

28 July 2020
In an age when most of us have personal data in the digital ether, consent, privacy and protection still remain grey areas. Many of us give away or share our data, often without…
27 July 2020
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 10 years…
27 July 2020
World Peace (And How We Can Achieve It) by Alex J. Bellamy. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2019. 288 p.p. £20 hardcover 9780198833529 The achievement of world peace has not been…
24 July 2020
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat highlights the role individuals can play in enabling bilateral ties with China, whilst warning that they may come at significant cost. China-Indonesia…
23 July 2020
Sara Hastings-Simon and Morgan Bazilian explain why the issues surrounding critical mineral security differ from traditional energy security. The required response should avoid…
22 July 2020
Why India may not be the top of the list for FDI leaving China and what can be done to make it more attractive.  India’s Competition with Southeast Asian Countries China is the…
20 July 2020
Greer Gosnell argues that policymakers must pay more attention to car buyers' considerations of social status if they wish to address climate change. In the United States,…
20 July 2020
The global economic crisis triggered by the spread of COVID-19 has sent many of the world’s developing countries into an economic death spiral. At the first signs of panic in…
17 July 2020
Agneska Bloch draws parallels between the French Yellow Vests movement and George Floyd protests in the United States, and the different approaches taken by Presidents Macron and…
16 July 2020
On the 75th anniversary of the dawn of the atomic age, Tad Daley reminds readers that today's sovereign state system was once up for debate. On this day 75 years…