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When Hollywood is not being criticised for being a liberal mouthpiece, it is often viewed as a front for American foreign policy. The time-honoured example of this is…
A growing number of policymakers, researchers and funding bodies have gotten excited about transformative research on Africa. Transformative research, they claim, may support…
The world’s growing refugee crisis is not only about numbers. It is also about time.
There are 17.2 million refugees under UNHCR’s mandate, and half of them are under…
No sooner had Hurricane Harvey’s record rains receded from Houston and neighboring cities than the residents of Florida began bracing for a wallop from an even…
A review of Channel 4's "The State", a show that takes ISIS as its subject and Syria as its backdrop. But does it deliver on its promises?
"The State" is a…
The science of predicting hurricanes is crucial for disaster management and insurance, but also raises difficult methodological and philosophical questions. In this post, Joe…
Patricia J. Sohn offers an alternative perspective on Trump's international engagements.
I grew up decidedly on the Left. I have been so disgusted by local and national…
Unlikely Partners: Chinese Reformers, Western Economists, and the Making of Global China by Julian Gewirtz. Harvard University Press
Perhaps the most momentous set of…
More than a year ago, British voters sent waves of shock throughout Europe and the world economy with their decision to withdraw from the European Union (EU). However, the impact…
Gary Fooks and Tom Mills explore on of the main justifications given for Brexit.
Government estimates suggest that around half of all UK legislation with an impact on business,…
This is the introduction to ‘The Mediterranean Reset: Geopolitics in a New Age’, a new GP E-Book out later this week. Please see here for more about the volume.
The…
This is the last of a four-part series of posts on Poland’s, Hungary’s and the Czech Republic’s perilous play with the EU’s refugee relocation agreement.…
Young people feel that they’re not being listened to by global decision makers. But with over half of the world’s population under the age of 30, it won’t be…
The Law of Deliberative Democracy by Ron Levy and Graeme Orr. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2016. 239 pp, £110 hardcover 9780415705004, £39.99 e-book 9781315890159
With…
Mark Lorch explores why conspiracy theories spring up with such regularity.
I’m sitting on a train when a group of football fans streams on. Fresh from the game –…