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Disagreements on how to manage the COVID-19 outbreak can be traced back to four distinct ways of thinking about critical problems that have informed policy making for decades.…
Sumithra Prasanna argues that we are in the midst of a debilitating 'infodemic' caused by our inability to make sense of the COVID-19 story. We all love stories. We have a…
Graham Teskey explores potential governance challenges facing practitioners when the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. Pandemics are depressingly common in human history. We…
Amine Bennis highlights here how thematic diplomacy is an effective tool for middle powers to both increase their influence and promote shared interests with smaller states. A key…
*** A video of the webinar is available here or below *** Duncan Green introduces a forthcoming Global Policy Essay on COVID-19 as a 'critical juncture' during…
Harry Sanders looks for international models to solve Scotland's growing demographic crisis. After years of discussion and debate, Brexit appeared to move one step further…
Jordy Lee and Morgan Bazilian explain why supply chain disruptions from COVID 19 are indicative of larger problems within the mining industry. Without holding mining…
Juergen Braunstein and Sachin Silva explore the need for financial risk models to account for pandemics. The Dow Jones industrial average recorded its highest single-day…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik examines the politics of humanitarian wearables to understand more about how digitization is reshaping the nature and relations of aid. Utopian…
Iwa Salami reports on countries relaxing cryptocurrency regulations in the wake of COVID-19 and what this may mean for the technology's future. Anyone holding bitcoin…