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Regional Maintenance of Peace and Security under International Law: The Distorted Mirrors, by Dace Winther. London / New York: Routledge, 2014. 264 pp, $140 hardcover 978-0-415-…
Carlo Carraro argues that refroms to the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme are sending the right sort of signals for those interested in reaching emission targets.
On the 23 October…
Laurence and Alison Matthews argue that the way we frame global policy challenges is vitally important, and yet often overlooked.
Have you heard much about International Warming…
Security Sector Reform in Southeast Asia: From Policy to Practice edited by Felix Heiduk. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2014. 264 pp, £65 hardcover 9781137365484, e-book…
This interview was conducted for the ‘The Global Governance Futures 2025’ programme which brings together young professionals to look ahead and recommend ways to address global…
Carlo Carraro, Director of the International Center for Climate Governance, argues that Europe’s strategic framework for climate and energy outlines greater integration of energy…
Environmental policy in the OECD largely stagnates. While financing and enforcing policies is essential, geographic and demographic factors also play a role for countries’ success…
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen from the Middle East Research Institute in Erbil discusses the emerging Middle East order and the actors that must mobilise to shape it.
For the first time for…
Carlo Carraro, Director of the International Center for Climate Governance, unpicks the World Summit of Regions for Climate's commitment to exert bottom-up pressure on…
The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor, by William Easterly. New York: Basic Books 2014. 416 pp, US$29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-465-…
Farhan Siddiqi from the Middle East Research Institute in Erbil discusses the need for regional political advances to accompany current military gains against ISIS in Iraq and…
The inception of Hong Kong protests is a timely reminder of the fact that a regime that isn’t truly representative of the aspirations of its people, will always result in…
In 2011, the Australian government passed the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act. The Act has been passed with the objective of addressing public health concerns arising from smoking…
Civic Virtue and the Sovereignty of Evil by Derek Edyvane. New York and Abingdon: Routledge 2013. 160 pp, $140 hardback 978-0-415-89047-2, e-book 978-0-203-08572-1
Derek Edyvane…
Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond by Iavor Rangelov. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2014. 224 pp, £60 hardcover 9781107012196, $76…