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Fabio Petito argues that the UK is failing to realise the importance of regional blocks and has few realistic responses to the current crisis of the liberal international order.…
Orders of Exclusion: Great Powers and the Strategic Sources of Foundational Rules in International Relations by Kyle M. Lascurettes. New York: Oxford University Press 2020. 336 pp…
This interview was conducted by the Global Governance Futures – Robert Bosch Foundation Multilateral Dialogues, which brings together young professionals to look ahead 15 years…
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik considers the EU's plans for a ‘digital green certificate’ from social justice perspective and argues we must continue to pay careful attention to…
Amidst a global pandemic, students at the London School of Economics have organized the world’s largest public-facing online summit on the existential risks that face humanity.…
Ilan Manor explores Russia's digital vaccine diplomacy efforts.
Now is the age of nostalgia. Throughout the world we are witnessing a yearning desire to return to the world…
The efficacy of governance varies across West Africa, as does the region’s record in tackling the spread of the coronavirus. There are clear signs that good governance can boost a…
Nouh El Harmouzi and Tom G. Palmer argue that now is the time Arabs to finally enjoy the ‘bourgeois deal’.
In 2011 the two of us were in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, where Nouh…
What is post-legislative scrutiny (PLS), and how can it serve as an instrument for good governance? Philip Norton and Franklin De Vrieze outline the latest research and evidence…
Robert Hii explores ongoing efforts to reconcile the livelihoods of rapeseed and palm oil farmers with threats to biodiversity and climate change.
A new United Nations…
This post by GP's Online Editor is part of a series exploring ‘public authority’ based on research at LSE’s Centre for Public Authority and International…
Euan Burns examines which remittance-dependent countries are likely to be most affected by the Covid-19 global pandemic.
The different ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic is…
Jasminka Dedić responds to a recent post by Branko Milanović on ‘magical thinking’ among the proponents of the degrowth agenda.
Ljubljana, 1 March 2021
Honorable professor…
Issues affecting gender equality are frequently debated in the European Parliament. Drawing on a recent study, Johanna Kantola and Emanuela Lombardo present…
Karola Klatt explores Japan’s contradictory moves towards a nuclear free future.
Ten years after the devastating tsunami and triple core meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…