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Getting more girls into school is vital, but it isn’t an answer to poverty and inequality. In recent weeks there has been uproar about President Trump’s decision to end support…
Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Mariko J. Klasing and Petros Milionis explores the implications for economic policy of the worldwide polarisation of values. A striking development in recent…
After just five months in power, the new President of the US has done it. He has ripped up the most powerful demonstration of collective and responsible global citizenship that…
As the reality of the horrifying terrorist attack on Manchester sinks in, it is easy to assume that such an atrocity will make it harder for the people of the city to get on –…
Amitendu Palit argues that the China-led Maritime Silk Road Initiative is causing ripples among Indian policymakers. Regional connectivity and infrastructure capacities in Asia…
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East by Christopher Davidson. London: Oneworld Publications, 2016. 688 pp, £25/$30, hardcover 978-1-78607-001-2 Having authored…
Alan Alexandroff and Arthur Stein reflect on Graham Allison’s use of the ‘Thucydides Trap’ to assess the state of US-China relations. The US-China relationship has been of growing…
This weekend the 43rd G7 summit takes place in Taormina, Italy. Staff and students attending the summit are working as policy analysts with Sheffield University's Global Learning…
This weekend the 43rd G7 summit takes place in Taormina, Italy. Staff and students attending the summit are working as policy analysts with Sheffield University's Global Learning…
This weekend the 43rd G7 summit takes place in Taormina, Italy. Staff and students attending the summit are working as policy analysts with Sheffield University's Global Learning…