Global Poverty and Wealth
One of the major conundrums of our world is that poverty still exists amidst extreme wealth. Economic processes have lifted many out of poverty but have failed to mitigate income and wealth inequality.
Review – Ethics, Diversity and World Politics: Saving Pluralism From Itself
John Williams provides essential insights for anyone with interest in ethical pluralism in contemporary politics, and sets the agenda for future research in this field.
The Making of the Modern World
International politics, for good and for bad, was shaped by Europeans and by non-Europeans copying European examples.
The Global Crisis of Multilateralism
For more than half a century the EU has been a beacon of multilateralism. Post-Brexit Europe could become a beacon of disintegration and nationalism.
Review – The Conspiracy of Free Trade
Although Palen misses minor details, he delivers an insightful account of globalisation and shows how it relates to domestic shockwaves like the recent the US election.
Review – The New Power Politics: Networks and Transnational Security Governance
Through a balance of quantitative and qualitative methods this volume links formal network analysis with an innovative conception of power as a dynamic element.
Governing the Time of the World
Global time, principally Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), is the product of global governors operating in and through sociotechnical assemblages.
Review – Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways
With philosophically rigourous analysis, Roy goes beyond the well-trod tropes of ‘radical Islam’ and pushes us to think outside of a ‘clash of civilizations’ paradigm.
Interview – Richard Murphy
Campaigner and academic Richard Murphy on the relations of transport history and taxes, the pleasures of paying tax, state capacity, and uncertainty in economics.
Brexit and China
If Brexit was a sharp sign of a global popular revolt against political elites, nothing about it will be reassuring to the Chinese government and Party.
