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Angela Merkel: The Chancellor and Her World by Stefan Kornelius. Translated by Anthea Bell and Christopher Moncrieff. Richmond/Surrey: Alma Books, 2014. 300 pp, £9.99…
Jason Hickel argues that those engaging in the ‘death of development discourse’ are misunderstanding the problem.
International development is in serious crisis.…
Religious Actors and International Law by Ioana Cismas. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014. 384 pp, £70 hardcover 978-0-19-871282-4
Much of the literature on religion,…
Snared by geopolitical interests, post-9/11 interventions have too easily been captured by leading states. A robust law enforcement process must serve enforcers of law, not agents…
Martha Molfetas explores the possibility of a ‘Petro-Spring’ in countries sufferring from low oil prices.
The drop in oil prices has been a boon for oil importers and consumers,…
This interview was conducted by Mirko Hohmann and Joel Sandhu for the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and…
Navanethem Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, discusses how the United Nations, its human rights mechanisms, and all of us as individuals, can help to advance…
Shored Up, directed and produced by Ben Kalina. USA: Mangrove Media 2013. 84 minutes, $23 limited edition DVD; $295 educational DVD, distributed by Outcast films.
Hot summer days…
Gregory Chin and Hugo Dobson outline possible approaches for China's turn as G20 president.
On 16 November 2014, the last day of the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australian Prime…
Occupying Political Science: The Occupy Wall Street Movement from New York to the World, edited by Emily Welty, Matthew Bolton, Meghana Nayak, and Christopher Malone. New York:…
Roland Benedikter and Georg Göschl report on the confidence on display at the third summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States.
On 28th January 2015, Heads of…
How Effective Negotiation Management Promotes Multilateral Cooperation: The power of process in climate, trade and biosafety negotiations by Kai Monheim. London and New York:…
International Mediation, by Paul F. Diehl and J. Michael Greig. Cambridge / Malden: Polity, 2012. 224 pp, £45 hardcover 978-0-7456-5330-3, £16.80 paperback 978-0-7456-…
Globalizing Transitional Justice: Contemporary Essays by Ruti G. Teitel. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 256 pp, £55/$85 hardcover 978-0-19-539494-8…
This opinion piece is part of the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…