Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives
Technology is radically changing the work and role of scholars and the function of academic publishing. Fake and fabricated content (data, facts, arguments, claims, conclusions)…
Glauco Ortolano on the never-ending cycle of violence gripping the Middle-East.
Israel has been able to successfully eliminate many of her foes, as well as some of her own…
Sunit Bagree argues that addressing the world’s nutrition crisis requires the United Nations – not the G20 – to be at the heart of the global sovereign debt system.
The global…
Muhamad Rosyid Jazuli explores how countries can shepherd just transitions.
When pursuing a just energy transition, countries in the Global South, such as Indonesia, must navigate…
Bridges or Barriers? Unpacking China's Infrastructure Invesments on Southeast Asian Democracy.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been a subject of intense scrutiny since…
Duncan Green on two excellent (gated) longer essays in last week’s Economist that explain the state of the world.
The first was a graphic and alarming summary of the argument that…
For any organization to undergo critical reform, the success of these changes depends not only on visionary strategies, but also on addressing the cultural dynamics within…
Hans-Joachim Spanger explores what Russia's new position means for attempts to circumvent or even dismantle the established financial order.
"BRICS is a pillar of the multipolar…
In The Haves and Have Nots, Branko Milanovic deftly wielded 19th-century novels to illuminate new historical aspects of economic inequality. Yet, his recent claim that the novel's…
Marzia Raza and Muhammad Salman argue that Pakistan's PTI has built the foundation's for longer term change, despite the lack of regime-change.
Since March 2022, anti-…