What happens when you invert the history of the First World War?
By Maartje Abbenhuis It is only by unmasking the myriad local and global transformations occasioned between 1914 and 1918 that we can truly understand this conflict as a total global war and a total global tragedy. What happens when you take an event as unparalleled...
What does a post-neoliberal future look like?
By James Meadway From taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are abandoning free-market policies. Could it be that the free-market policies that have dominated policymaking for the past 40 years are finally on their way out? In the past six...
How can we clean up space?
By Gilbert Wong Space might be the final frontier, but, like all frontiers it’s strewn with junk. Luckily, Professor Guglielmo Aglietti, director of the Auckland Space Institute has a plan. Three giant monitors line the front of the Mission Operations Control Centre...
How can we increase electric vehicle usage?
By Grant Covic, Nick Long & Doug Wilson Wireless charging stations set in the pavement for vehicles to park over are closer than you think, for both cars and heavy transport vehicles. Urgent action is needed to increase the ease of owning and operating electric...
Why does the EU want to tax non-green imports?
By Stefano Riela The Commission is expected to unveil its proposal in a few weeks’ time, but some exporting countries of carbon-intensive products have already expressed their disappointment at a new form of European protectionism. In hands off sovereignty, each...
Should COVID vaccines be a public good?
By Boaventura De Sousa Santos As NGOs, UN agencies and the governments of less affluent states call for the suspension of patents, the stakes could not be higher. The consensus is that the current pandemic will be with us for a long time to come. We will enter a...
What has Joe Biden achieved so far as President?
By Mary Fitzgerald & Aaron White In his first 100 days as President, Joe Biden has surprised many critics, but he needs to go much further. “We handed away votes to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and then celebrated – dancing in the streets like fools,” Jecorey...
The Emperor’s Institutions: Does COVID-19 vaccine distribution demonstrate the failure of multilateralism?
By Heather Wipfli & Daniel Luo “Persistent failures must be addressed and overcome in the future if international organisations are to be recognised as meaningful actors promoting global public goods within the international system.” Over the past 12...
What can people in wealthy nations do to fix COVID vaccine ‘apartheid’?
By Kerry Cullinan Charitable donations from rich countries and individuals are welcome – but they won’t ensure fair vaccine distribution unless the drug-patenting system is reformed, too. It was heartwarming to see 90-year-old Briton Margaret Keenan becoming the first...Subscribe by Email
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