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Nayef Al-Rodhan argues for a globally inclusive educational program that promotes cultural security and understanding.
There are all kinds of moral truths that see the world from…
Glacial Balance, written and directed by Ethan Steinman. USA: Daltonic Films 2013. 95 minutes, $29.99 DVD.
Watching ancient fields of ice and snow melt is an arresting sight…
This interview was conducted for the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…
Regional Maintenance of Peace and Security under International Law: The Distorted Mirrors, by Dace Winther. London / New York: Routledge, 2014. 264 pp, $140 hardcover 978-0-415-…
Carlo Carraro argues that refroms to the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme are sending the right sort of signals for those interested in reaching emission targets.
On the 23 October…
Laurence and Alison Matthews argue that the way we frame global policy challenges is vitally important, and yet often overlooked.
Have you heard much about International Warming…
Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: From Policy to Practice edited by Felix Heiduk. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2014. 264 pp, £65 hardcover 9781137365484, e-book…
This interview was conducted for the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…
Carlo Carraro, Director of the International Center for Climate Governance, argues that Europe’s strategic framework for climate and energy outlines greater integration of energy…
Environmental policy in the OECD largely stagnates. While financing and enforcing policies is essential, geographic and demographic factors also play a role for countries’ success…
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen from the Middle East Research Institute in Erbil discusses the emerging Middle East order and the actors that must mobilise to shape it.
For the first time for…
Carlo Carraro, Director of the International Center for Climate Governance, unpicks the World Summit of Regions for Climate's commitment to exert bottom-up pressure on…
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor, by William Easterly. New York: Basic Books 2014. 416 pp, US$29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-465-…
Farhan Siddiqi from the Middle East Research Institute in Erbil discusses the need for regional political advances to accompany current military gains against ISIS in Iraq and…
The inception of Hong Kong protests is a timely reminder of the fact that a regime that isn’t truly representative of the aspirations of its people, will always result in…