Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

16 September 2020
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou. C.J. Polychroniou: You studied International Relations in Germany, at the Technische…
11 September 2020
Many researchers have been writing about the pandemic as part of their scholarly work. We were also curious about their personal experiences and thoughts amidst these testing…
11 September 2020
Franklin De Vrieze, the WFD’s Senior Governance Advisor, explores the potentials and pitfalls of the UK sanctioning corrupt foreign officials. Human rights violators should be…
09 September 2020
Branko Milanovic argues that sometimes myths can help us to believe in the future. I prepared dinner for myself tonight. I am now, alone, in a house in Washington …
07 September 2020
Amrita Narlikar and Amitabh Mattoo argue that what has happened in Hong Kong should matter to all of us. In recent decades, the combination of a slow but certain instrumentalism…
03 September 2020
Gary Craig argues that there may be a specifically rural dimension needed in responses to modern slavery in the United Kingdom. This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book…
01 September 2020
Scott Montgomery argues that there are no silver bullets, yet there are silver linings to our post-pandemic energy landscape. There are few silver linings to the…
28 August 2020
Peter Bengtsen explores how legislation in Europe is increasingly drafted to penalize companies for abuses in cross-border supply chains, while none of the new laws and proposals…
28 August 2020
This is the first chapter in a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the…
27 August 2020
Brian Stoddart explores why Australia is eroding 50 years of relationship building with China. Amidst the COVID-19 crisis that has gripped Australia along with the rest…