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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…
In 2011, the Australian government passed the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act. The Act has been passed with the objective of addressing public health concerns arising from smoking…
Civic Virtue and the Sovereignty of Evil by Derek Edyvane. New York and Abingdon: Routledge 2013. 160 pp, $140 hardback 978-0-415-89047-2, e-book 978-0-203-08572-1
Derek Edyvane…
Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond by Iavor Rangelov. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014. 224 pp, £60 hardcover 9781107012196, $76…
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…
The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has opened a can of worms and threatens to descend into an era of prolonged acrimony in the international community. Upon Russia’s…
Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons by Burns H. Weston and David Bollier. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013. 390 pp, £65…
Scotland will go to the polls on September 18th for a referendum on independence, the outcome of which is very much in doubt. Regardless of the result, the referendum campaign…
Demobilizing Irregular Forces, by Eric Y. Shibuya. Cambridge / Malden MA: Polity Press, 2012. 167 pp, £45/€54 hardcover 978-0-7456-4885-9, £13.99/€16.80…
Will China Dominate the 21st Century? By Jonathan Fenby. Cambridge: Polity 2014. 139 pp, £35 hardcover 978-0-7456-7926-6; £9.99 paperback 978-0-7456-7927-3; £7.…
Africa and the Responsibility to Protect: Article 4(h) of the African Union Constitutive Act, edited by Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen. Oxford and New York: Routledge 2014. 398 pp…
Why Occupy a Square? People, Protests, and Movements in the Egyptian Revolution, by Jeroen Gunning & Ilan Zvi Baron. London: Hurst & Company, 2013. 256 pp, £20…
Capital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas Piketty. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2014. 696 pp, £29.95 hardcover 9780674430006…