“We have to change our location daily to hide from the Taliban as they are checking and searching for the people who always talked against them and women who appeared on the radio, television. Living such a life is very [...]Read the full article
This health, economic and social pandemic has shown the need for strengthened welfare states, and the political risks associated with weakening them, as well the need to build welfare states where they do not exist in order to avoid permanent [...]Read the full article
Is it a weapon of war between states? A trend emerging out of the rise of identity politics? An attempt to draw lessons learned, to prevent history from repeating itself? An ethical obligation with meaningful [...]Read the full article
“In declaring, on the one hand, that human labour is a key resource, and starting a race to the bottom in their pursuit of the maximum reduction of labour rights, state intervention and social standards on the other, the authors of these draft [...]Read the full article
Commodity traders wreak havoc on global markets and profit from ecological and social devastation. Can they be stopped?Read the full article
The ILO’s findings not only demand clear action by Belarus to respect international human rights, but they also establish a moral imperative for the international community not to stand idly [...]Read the full article
“No sufficiently solid legal framework currently exists to prevent the potential problems that lie ahead, include the possibility of direct violent clashes.”Read the full article
Rapid technological progress and human need have brought us to a point where space mining and space tourism have already moved beyond the realms of science fiction and into the realms of the possible, becoming real options in the here and [...]Read the full article
“Our country’s elites have failed to construct a national project, a project of society. In face of this failure, the impoverished majority, and in particular the young, have come forward with their own proposals to build the new social contract [...]Read the full article
At the intersection of these twin crises of public health and rule of law stand four main concerns: constraints on government powers, fundamental rights and discrimination, corruption, and access to [...]Read the full article
This cosy relationship between private companies and government, leveraging a national crisis to facilitate an accelerated transfer of wealth from public to private, can only be given one name: [...]Read the full article
With its bid to join the space race, the United Arab Emirates is not only seeking to bolster its national pride, its human capital and its dream of regional hegemony, but also to improve its chances of competing in a highly demanding niche [...]Read the full article
