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Danny Bradlow and Robert H. Wade call for a limited form of representation for all the world’s states.
The Trump administration has not hesitated to express its hostility to…
The withdrawal of USAID has revealed just how precarious the aid-driven model of development really is. Instead, Ashfaq Zaman argues that Bangladesh’s ‘economic miracle’ shows us…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama argue that clean energy partnerships must not repeat the exploitative dynamics of extractive industries.
When Indonesia’s state-owned PT…
The humanitarian crises that could result from President Trump’s halt of USAID programmes show that current models of aid don’t promote growth or development, they foster…
As Russia's war with Ukraine rages on and American attention drifts eastward, Europe must transform its fragmented defence strategy into one of collaborative strength.
Europe’s…
Rachel Thrasher and Tim Hirschel-Burns on why there are no winners in a free-for-all.
April 2nd has been hailed by the Trump administration as “Liberation Day” – a day when…
Tato Khundadze and Robert H. Wade explore why Georgia must avoid becoming a pawn of any major power.
Tiny Georgia is a crucible of East-West and regional tensions. In the…
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph E. Stiglitz. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. 384 pp. $29.99 hardcover 978-1-324-07437-3
In recent years, a…
Semuhi Sinanoglu argues that by remaining silent on Imamoglu’s arrest, Europe jeopardizes its own future security, trading a pro-democracy partner for a full-blown autocratic…
Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama argue that the upcoming Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indonesia and Saudi Arabia must serve as more than just a symbolic…