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The world’s population is ageing. Improvements in healthcare in the past century have meant people are living longer, but this has also resulted in an increase in the number…
Democracy worldwide faces deep challenges. But good ideas can help overcome them.
Is democracy the only kind of political system that can deliver on prosperity and stability? This…
Exploring the EU’s Legitimacy Crisis: The Dark Heart of Europe by Christian Schweiger. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (New Horizons in European Politics series) 2016. 296 pp…
Sherri Goodman, Caitlin Werrell, Francesco Femia and Shiloh Fetzek argue that due to advances in our ability to predict unprecedented risks states have a combined ‘…
Davan Yahya Khalil explores what a yes vote might mean for Kurdistan and its neighbours.
Kurdistan’s referendum may seem like a foregone conclusion, but with so much at…
The Greek 'economic success' story advanced by Tsipras et al would have been funny if it wasn't such a serious matter.
Ten years ago, the implosion of Lehman Brothers…
Andrew Campbell examines the latest Brexit developments through Machiavelli.
The choice of Santa Maria Novella in Florence as the location for Theresa May’s second set-…
Johannes Urpelainen explores a recent call to arms on climate change and argues we must move beyond unrealistic targets.
In December 2015, the Paris Agreement on climate change…
Digital, Political, Radical by Natalie Fenton. Cambridge and Malden, MA: Polity, 2016. 232 pp, £55 hardcover 978-0-7456-5086-9, £16.99 paperback 978-0-7456-5087-6,…
It has become increasingly clear that prevailing academic incentive structures have a potentially damaging and distorting effect on the nature of academic debates. Portia…
Branko Milanovic with a note on nostalgia.
In almost all recent literature that analyzes Br-exit and Trump-entry, there is a constant theme of a fall from the heady days at…
It’s easier to turn technology in the direction of democracy and social justice when it’s developed with social and emotional intelligence.
Can we use the…
A performance featured during the summer at the Manchester International Festival attempted to tackle the following timeless question: if women ruled the world, would they…
When Hollywood is not being criticised for being a liberal mouthpiece, it is often viewed as a front for American foreign policy. The time-honoured example of this is…
A growing number of policymakers, researchers and funding bodies have gotten excited about transformative research on Africa. Transformative research, they claim, may support…