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Other worlds are possible - the Pluriverse is breathing.
The current planetary crisis has taken on a civilizational dimension. Never before have so many crucial aspects of life…
The success of populist parties is often viewed as an act of protest against ‘the establishment’. Drawing on new research, Bram Geurkink, Andrej Zaslove, Roderick Sluiter and …
Sukhayl Niyazov examines the ambiguous implications of the dollar’s dominant status that forces Washington to choose between nationalist and globalist approaches to international…
Duncan Green, Oxfam's Strategic Adviser, analyses recent responses to climate change activism and politics.
Following on yesterday’s conversation with Matthew Lockwood, I was…
Having a son turned me into a pacifist not because I was an idealist, but because motherhood made me a realist.
Why are we raising our children in a culture saturated with…
The Amazon, now on fire, has become the central political and geopolitical hot spot for humanity's right to its own future. Optimism is the gasoline that must feed the fight. …
Andrew Baker and Richard Murphy introduce their recent Global Policy article on a new framework for identifying and evaluating tax spillovers generated by national policies.
A…
Elle Young reports on discussions at the fourth annual Global Challenges Summit, including the role that the North East can play as a ‘global development powerhouse for…
Over 100 organisations and academics sign a letter demanding a fair selection process for the next IMF managing director.
To governors and executive directors of the IMF,
The ‘…
As the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager has changed the political discussion on tax loopholes and tax havens, the time has come for the EU to get serious…
International Organizations and Global Civil Society: Histories of the Union of International Associations edited by Daniel Laqua, Wouter Van Acker, and Christophe Verbruggen.…
Ian Lambert explores different options for re-using the plastic clogging the world's oceans.
Beachcombing has long been a part of life for island communities. On the southwestern…
The economic consequences of the UK leaving the European Union without a deal have received significant attention, but a no-deal Brexit would also have important security…
In times of conflict with the US, China and Russia significantly step up ties in the defence sphere. Is a Sino-Russian alliance threatening the liberal world order?
In September,…
On average, humans slaughter over 70 billion animals for food every year. That’s 130,000 animals every minute.
This scale is only possible because we’ve transformed animal…