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Hans Gutbrod argues that all interpretations of Russia's invasion of Ukraine point to a radical change of paradigm for international relations.
Public and international…
Global Inequality 101: Global inequality is the distribution of income across all people on the planet from the poorest to the richest. It can be measured with the ‘Gini’…
Western governments have united to bring in a number of serious economic sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its violence in Ukraine, including the latest announcement…
The time limit to reach the goals of the 2030 Agenda is now just eight years away. It is vital to pursue a new model of partnerships, based on coordinated responses, if we are to…
Ramesh Thakur argues that we're experiencing an international order in transition, with terrible consequences for Ukraine, few options for NATO and big wins for…
Guest post from Anna Landre, one of our (Tom from GP and Duncan from F2P2) amazing students, who has bunked off class (with permission) to do some amazing work on Ukraine. And she…
By empowering women, we make communities more resilient to the direct impacts of climate change. Women disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change. However, they are also…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has met with fierce resistance from the Ukrainian military and from ordinary citizens. Drawing on survey evidence, Pippa Norris and …
Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa: The Political Economy of Belonging to Liberia by Robtel Neajai Pailey. Cambridge University Press 2021. 250 pp., £75…
Ali Fathollah-Nejad argues that the Biden and Raisi administrations have no other options but to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but that this does not mean…
Robert H. Wade takes on the challenging task of sketching the contours of a diplomatic solution to conflict in the Ukraine.
I was among the large majority confident that…
What do we mean when we talk about “realism”? Do we mean the Realism of IR, the realism of mature adults, or realism as many scientists understand the term?
In 2007, Ken Booth…
Jonas Ecke reflects on the life and work of Paul Farmer.
Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist and physician who served some of the world’s most vulnerable populations…
In the upcoming Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI), authoritarian states are in the majority for the first time ever. But there are also signs of hope.
"Democracy in crisis?"…
Mosoka Fallah, Jonas Ecke and Sharon Abramowitz argue that improving African health care is in the self-interest of the entire world.
When the Ebola virus was ravaging West…