Development

Why Late-Development Breeds Authoritarianism

Anqi Yang • Jul 5 2024 • Articles

Late developers follow a developmental path that is most apt to move towards authoritarianism rather than towards democracy.

Interview – Daniel Naujoks

E-International Relations • Oct 8 2023 • Features

Daniel Naujoks explores the debates on mobility, identity and citizenship, including the role of diaspora investment and migration policies in the Global South.

Review – Lagos to Mombasa

Jorich Johann Loubser • Oct 28 2022 • Features

This podcast from the Center for Global Development is a much needed addition to the African policy field, but questions arise regarding its lack of focus on political economy.

Interview – James Arvanitakis and David Hornsby

E-International Relations • Sep 14 2022 • Features

James Arvanitakis and David Hornsby discuss poverty and wealth in the global system as part of a series of interviews with the contributing authors of the textbook ‘Foundations of International Relations’.

Decolonising Conservation: Towards a Postcolonial Conservation Regime

Celine Germond-Duret • Jun 7 2022 • Articles

The post-2020 global biodiversity framework offers an opportunity to initiate a systemic change to endorse a right-based approach with Indigenous peoples as equal partners.

Decoloniality and Contemporary Regionalism in ALBA

Alina Ribeiro and Marina Scotelaro • Mar 26 2022 • Articles

Neoliberalism did not provide sufficient solutions to the crises of the integration model in Latin America. As a result, emancipatory approaches are gradually gaining space in knowledge production.

Opinion – Rwanda and the DRC: Converging at Last?

Edoardo Monaco • Aug 18 2021 • Articles

Good neighbourly relations after years of conflict, acrimony and wasted opportunities can significantly improve the chances for both nations to positively impact one another.

Opinion – Decolonizing Development Will Take More than Moral Imperative

Laura Bond • May 26 2021 • Articles

Making daily, unglamourous investments to build capacity, shift power, and give credit where credit is due may be the only way the mountain of colonization ever moves.

Interview – Lulama Smuts Ngonyama

E-International Relations • Jul 10 2020 • Features

Ambassador Ngonyama talks about his career, the economic diplomacy of developing countries, global inequality, and the future of global South diplomatic missions.

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