Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

07 July 2016
Decisions to go to war don’t just analyze whether we can win. That is the easy part: the superiority of the western military machine makes this an absolute. Did we really…
06 July 2016
The economy features prominently in the public debate, even though the jargon and decision-making behind it is completely inaccessible to much of the public. As a result, and to…
30 June 2016
Britain’s referendum on the European Union resulted in a decision to leave. For some, the vote represents one episode in a worrying global disillusionment with globalisation,…
30 June 2016
It is a mistake to assume that the Brexit decision results from a democratic process. The only way to overcome the polarisation and division is through a genuinely democratic…
29 June 2016
Robert Wade explores what the income distribution among voters in Britain’s recent referendum may mean for those wondering what to do next. Large numbers of those who voted in…
27 June 2016
Cathleen Berger explores how giant data-driven companies are challenging old ideas about power and accountability, and what should be done about it. After 20 years since the rise…
27 June 2016
This year the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield have taken a team of policy analysts to the Oslo REDD+ Exchange - a gathering of 500 policy makers,…
24 June 2016
GP’s General Editor David Held on the shifting plates underpinning Britain’s decision to leave the European Union. The referendum was lost some time ago. At its most…
24 June 2016
This year the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield have taken a team of policy analysts to the Oslo REDD+ Exchange - a gathering of 500 policy makers,…
23 June 2016
This year the Global Leadership Initiative at the University of Sheffield have taken a team of policy analysts to the Oslo REDD+ Exchange - a gathering of 500 policy makers,…