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C.J. Polychroniou argues that the authoritarian, dystopian settings that the U.S. created in so many places across the world are being reconceived by ultra-conservative forces…
Humanitarian funding is skewed by political bias and must recover a credible sense of neutrality to address massive humanitarian needs. To achieve this, Liana Ghukasyan calls on…
Karl Polanyi’s Great Transformation is one of these famous books whose ideas have been so absorbed into social sciences that the books themselves are no longer read. This would be…
The Gulf Monarchies after the Arab Spring: Threats and Security by Cinzia Bianco. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. 206 pp., £85 hardcover 978-1-5261-7084-2
The…
Researchers synthesize climate resilience strategies from five global case studies.
From food and water security to sustainable housing, climate change disproportionately affects…
Andy Sumner and Arief Anshory Yusuf explore what it means and how much would it cost?
In a new UNU-WIDER paper, which provides background for this year’s OECD…
Major powers are increasingly approaching global problems through a zero-sum lens. Is multilateralism on its last leg? In his inaugural lecture as Professor of International…
Do international organisations have a PR problem? A breakdown of new research on the relationship between tangibility and the image of IOs in Western states.
In your research, you…
Glauco Ortolano explores an implausible proposal for how the war may end through economic rather than political means.
Although I live in a country that enshrines in its…
Tim Hirschel-Burns and Marina Zucker-Marques call for an expansion for the scope of the Nairobi-Washington Vision to help countries regain financial stability and…
Ethnic, racial, and religious distinctions ground national identity – which can fuel populism. Expert Vinícius G. Rodrigues Vieira on his new book and how identity capital helps…
Duncan Green with some ideas for INGOs struggling to find their role in a fast changing world.
I finished my 20 year stint at Oxfam at the end of April, and as it recedes in…
Worsening crises call for a radical rethink of global governance – which means centering the Global South, writes expert Aude Darnal.
What are perspectives from the Global South…
Ahead of NATO's 75th Summit, the Alliance is facing a myriad of crises. Expert Leonard Schütte on what to expect from the upcoming Washington summit and what success could look…
As global health crises compound, the current lack of progress on health equity and other pressing issues will have grim consequences. But there are steps policymakers can take to…