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Viraj Mehta unpicks the potential of India’s ‘unique experiment in human history’.
Those of us who grew up in India in the 1980s, when only one national…
Branko Milanovic explores lessons from Fernando Pessoa's 'The anarchist banker'.
It is impossible to spend a few days in Lisbon and to be a compulsive voyeur of…
After a surprising election result, Europe is closely watching German coalition negotiations. A so-called Jamaica coalition of conservatives, liberals and greens is the most…
Morgan Bazilian, Peri-Khan Aqrawi-Whitcomb, Paasha Mahdavi, and Cyril Widdershoven examine the similaritires and differences between an independent Kurdistan and South Sudan.…
llan Manor examines digital diplomats’ ability to reach new audiences and construct competing versions of reality.
In 1987, James Der Derian conceptualized …
Under Donald Trump, US federal drug policy has undergone a fairly dramatic reversal. The Obama administration’s criticisms of the ‘war on drugs’ are gone,…
This is a transcript of a talk given by David Held at the Federazione Nazionale dei Cavalieri del Lavoro as part of a conference on ‘The Challenge to Western Democracies:…
C.J. Polychroniou on recent developments in Europe, including Brexit, Catalonia, Greece and the rise of the extreme right.
Since the outbreak of the euro crisis, which was…
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-…