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Given the success of populist politicians across Europe, some pro-Europeans have openly wondered whether they should adopt the same tactics as populist parties to make the case…
Agata Lulkowska explores the world's love of South Korean cinema.
The international success of Parasite, the black comedy thriller by Bong Joon-ho, has been rather…
The UK’s sdecision to allow Huawei to build part of its 5G network despite US opposition threatens to undermine one of the world’s longest standing and most important intelligence…
Duncan Green overviews a recent speech by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the International Rescue Committee.
IRC boss David Milliband gave a speech to the ‘West Point Class…
International Women’s Day on March 8 is around the corner again, offering Europe’s decision makers a fresh chance for Europe to admit that women still lag men in the workplace.…
Corporate tax dodging disproportionately affects women and girls. That's why we're calling for a feminist tax system, now!
Last month in Davos, the 1% (representatives from the …
Alla Koblyakova explores the emergence of a global turn to low interest rates.
Would you deposit one pound with a bank today if it was going to give you back less than one pound…
Mega-quarantines, large hospitals built within a week, and sharing information with the global scientific community! The outbreak of the coronavirus (nCov2019) in China that has…
‘One Planet’ Cities: Sustaining Humanity Within Planetary Limits by David Thorpe. London: Routledge 2019. 308 pp., £120 hardcover 9781138615090, £36.99 paperback 9781138615106…
Duncan Green summarises some of the findings form the long running Developmental Leadership Program (DLP).
The DLP is an intriguing research initiative, which I’ve been loosely…
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed. Lisa Duggan. University of California Press. 2019.
In Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed, Lisa Duggan offers a new thesis…
“Markets did not see [the first deglobalisation] coming. And at the risk of being a Cassandra, I wonder if they aren’t just as oblivious to what is happening today with the US and…
Christian Borch on why understanding how algorithms behave in crowds may be vital for our prosperity and safety.
In 2019, the world fretted that algorithms now know…
Just before Christmas, Nicholas Barr (LSE) was asked by a 16-year old what he thought about Brexit and how it would affect members of Generation Z personally. In this letter, he…
Linda Slapakova explores how and why NATO continues to exist in the post-Cold War international system.
In the prelude to the NATO summit in London commemorating the 70th…