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This is not just about Ukraine. Robert Schuett argues that Russia’s occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant signals a broader unravelling of global nuclear governance—…
In a new policy brief, Stephan Klingebiel and Andy Sumner discuss how and why the very foundations of international aid and development are being shaken by geopolitical…
Cornelius Adebahr argues that we are creating a world without rules.
The Israeli attack on Iranian military and nuclear facilities in the early hours of 13 June marks a watershed…
Brian Stoddart asks how tiny Barbados, with a population rarely exceeding 250,000 and a history devilled by slavery and its aftermath, for so long produced so many of the world’s…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that Trump is accelerating European strategic autonomy.
The European Union came into existence in 1992 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty,…
Toro Hardy compares the utterly different strengths shown by China and the late Soviet Union as America’s rivals. …
This is the eighth chapter in a forthcoming e-book, entitled 'Decolonial Education and Youth Aspirations'. Dorcas Fakile and Taylar Carty highlight some of the pressing issues…
No firewall can save a democracy. As Robert Schuett argues, we must fortify our shared democratic minds.
On 21 May 2025, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) joined…
The global landscape of development cooperation is fracturing. The promise of the 2030 Agenda and the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals is giving way to geopolitical…
Scott Montgomery on Trump's attack on intellectual culture.
Why has the Trump Administration gone after universities, particularly the Ivy League, with such a vengeance? The…