Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

04 June 2020
Caroline Tynan unpicks why South Korea and Taiwan has been so effective at countering COVID-19. Since the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, challenges to democratic…
04 June 2020
George Kibala Bauer argues that we must seek nuanced perspectives, engage with local realities, and transcend the Western gaze when reporting on Covid and Africa. We all know the…
03 June 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…
02 June 2020
Insofar as the world economy was already on a fragile, unsustainable path, COVID-19 clarifies the challenges we face and the decisions we must make. The fate of the world economy…
01 June 2020
Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism by Wendy Liu. Repeater. 2020. Amongst the turmoil of recent years, there are perhaps two broad overriding…
29 May 2020
Juergen Braunstein and Sachin Silva argue that sovereign wealth funds may be central to governments' efforts to balance public responsibility with private interests in…
28 May 2020
Why it is increasingly important to interrogate the ways novel technologies are harnessed to address long-standing global sustainability issues. New technologies are playing a…
28 May 2020
African intellectuals are calling for a different discussion. Isn’t this the right time to propel changes that have often been postponed? Confinements, lockdowns, social…
27 May 2020
By almost any standard, East Asia has dealt with COVID-19 better than Europe and the United States so far: death rates are lower, healthcare systems have not been overwhelmed, and…
27 May 2020
Dan Monafu argues experimentation with randomized methods could modernize the traditional granting process, increasing incentive for risk-taking and innovation. If you’re ever…