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The rise of populism is a challenge for open societies but an opportunity for public policy schools. Students and alumni of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin …
At the United Nations, the buzz around a “data revolution” has taken the role of numeric indicators to new heights. Once thought to be a technical issue for…
Ewa Atanassow asks how can we deal with the rise of the term ‘illiberal democracy’?
This May 8 in Berlin - a date and place whose symbolism cannot be mistaken - the…
‘White trash,’ ‘dumbass libtard,’ ‘right-wing fuckhead:’ have we all gone mad?
Q: “Why are you such a dumbass?
A: Why are morons like you…
Kishore Mahbubani explores the prospects of a joint Chinese-Indian defence of globalisation.
The biggest contradiction in global governance can be described succinctly. We live in…
Ben Murray explores some of the obvious, and not-so-obvious connections between horror cinema and economics.
Horror. Love it or hate it, horror has been with us for pretty much as…
Since the outbreak of the ‘global financial crisis’ of 2008, there has been an explosion of interest in finance capital and on the so-called ‘financialization…
In this introspective piece, Richard Falk explores why so many in his social cricle missed the worldwide rise of a counter-globalization movement and the return of the nationstate…
In response to Turkey's decision to block visits of German parliamentarians, Bundeswehr troops are about to pull out from the Turkish air base in Incirlik in July. But will…
Branko Milanovic argues that calls for international organisations to de-emphasize growth should be approached with caution.
Today, I got into a bit of a Twitter spat with Kate…
The arrival of China as an increasingly significant setter of global standards may be uncomfortable for India but is near-inevitable and needs to be planned for.
About six weeks…
Danny Quah turns to economic reasoning to explore fears of the changing world order.
There is, of course, an obvious answer to the question, “Who’s afraid of a…
Richard Falk explores how recent waves of populist nationalism have affected the UN.
A Point of DepartureWhen Donald Trump withdrew American participation from the…
Euroscepticism – defined as outright or defined opposition to the European project – is becoming a mainstream, contested phenomenon, writes Simona Guerra. The EU has…
Gregory T. Chin explores Hong Kong’s lobbying for a special role in the AIIB and in the Belt & Road strategy, the number of visits by Asian state leaders, and the corporate…