Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

Scott Montgomery with a personal perspective on the unusually devastating fires displacing people and destroying property along the West Coast of the United States…

This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou. C.J. Polychroniou: You studied International Relations in Germany, at the Technische…

Many researchers have been writing about the pandemic as part of their scholarly work. We were also curious about their personal experiences and thoughts amidst these testing…

Franklin De Vrieze, the WFD’s Senior Governance Advisor, explores the potentials and pitfalls of the UK sanctioning corrupt foreign officials. Human rights violators should be…

Branko Milanovic argues that sometimes myths can help us to believe in the future. I prepared dinner for myself tonight. I am now, alone, in a house in Washington …

Amrita Narlikar and Amitabh Mattoo argue that what has happened in Hong Kong should matter to all of us. In recent decades, the combination of a slow but certain instrumentalism…

Gary Craig argues that there may be a specifically rural dimension needed in responses to modern slavery in the United Kingdom. This is part of a forthcoming Global Policy e-book…

Scott Montgomery argues that there are no silver bullets, yet there are silver linings to our post-pandemic energy landscape. There are few silver linings to the…

Peter Bengtsen explores how legislation in Europe is increasingly drafted to penalize companies for abuses in cross-border supply chains, while none of the new laws and proposals…

This is the first chapter in a forthcoming Global Policy e-book on modern slavery. Contributions from leading experts highlighting practical and theoretical issues surrounding the…