Essays Archive
In November 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold its first “investment round” with the goal of raising USD 7.1 billion. The agency hopes to secure more predictable…
The authoritarian regime in Iran has invested heavily in digital surveillance to identify and silence voices of dissent. Key institutions have emerged to develop new legal…
As the world is rapidly ageing, there will be an unprecedented demand for domestic and caring labour, for which many countries are currently not prepared. The low status and…
The new Great Game: big-power politics behind the come-back of industrial strategy and managed trade
The government of President Biden has rolled out a “modern American industrial strategy”, dramatically qualifying the 40-year western consensus on free markets, globalization and…
In this essay, I relate my personal experience in politics with the construction of the political economy of New Developmentalism and the definition of two alternative forms of…
While the shock of Covid-19 has generated draconian containment policies in virtually all countries to limit the spread of the pandemic, it also brought a plethora of trade and…
The Protection of Civilians (PoC) became a central norm in international peacekeeping and often rationalizes the use of force in peace interventions. The successes, failures and…
Innovation ecosystems are said to vary across China. By examining all the startups operating in just one vertical – blockchain – across Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, we show…
China’s emergence as a powerful challenger to the US’s and the west’s well-crystallized position atop the global hierarchy poses the question of how to co-exist peacefully. This…
Russian aggression in Ukraine has spotlighted longstanding calls for reform of the United Nations (UN). Yet, so far, the world organization has struggled to gain momentum for…