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Zygmunt understood the crisis of a social democracy built on solid jobs, fixed identities and bounded within nation states, and paved the way for thinking about the need for…
The Jungle in Calais is closed and the deal with Turkey is in place. Is the refugee crisis over?
Not at all. The refugee crisis is first and foremost about refugees, not about…
Green Growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives. Gareth Dale, Manu V. Mathai and Jose Puppim de Oliveira (eds). Zed Books. 2016.
While there is broad consensus on…
Over the last week the ever more shrill criticism of international aid found a new target - the practice of giving money directly to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people…
Are Donald Trump's selections for his cabinet and other top administration positions indicative of a man who is ready to "drain the swamp?" Is the president-elect bent on putting…
Trump's presidential victory exposed to the whole world the flawed nature of the US model of democracy. Beginning January 20, both the country and the world will have to face a…
Daniel Clausen calls for a ‘challenge’ and experiential based approach to teaching international relations.
In my experience, the best students are always looking for a challenge…
"We live in ominously dangerous times" stated the opening line of an article by C.J. Polychroniou (with Lily Sage) titled "A New Economic System for a World in Rapid…
With the recent election of António Guterres as the next United Nations Secretary-General, the focus will soon shift to the next Secretary-General’s reform priorities, with a…
Quality Peace: Peacebuilding, Victory, and World Order by Peter Wallensteen. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. 250 pp, £64 hardcover 978-0-19-021554-5, £22.99…
Often, things that are seen as a problem in society are not: the house where locals and refugees live and work together.
In a mixed and energetic district of south Berlin lies a…
Global Governance Futures 2027 fellow Laila A. Wahedi takes a look at whether terrorists’ use of violence helps them to achieve their ultimate goals, and what this means for…
Kristen Hopewell is the author of the third commentary in the Emerging Global Governance (EGG) series. It argues that export credit is proving to be a useful lens on both the…
Since democracy is a form of dependency on the will of others, we need to work a lot harder to overcome our narcissism and belief that we know best.
Donald Trump’s election to the…
Aryaman Bhatnagar and Joel Sandhu explore the Islamic State's appeal in parts of South Asia.
As the coordinated global offensive against the so-called Islamic State (IS)…