Czechia – Is The Czech Republic’s New Name Real?
The Czech Republic wants to change its name. Czech foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek has led calls for the country to be internationally known by the short, rather commercial-sounding name –...
How Brexit will Reduce Foreign Investment in the UK – and Why that Matters
Foreign investors love Britain, but Brexit would kill the vibe. According to new research colleagues and I have conducted at the Centre for Economic Performance, leaving the European Union could...
Russia: A Global Energy Powerhouse that’s much more than a Petro-state
Russia is not what you think. Most discussion about its energy influence has focused on oil and gas, particularly gas. Russia can be described, and is routinely described, as a...
Why Urban Agriculture isn’t a Panacea for Africa’s Food Crisis
Gareth Haysom, University of Cape Town and Jane Battersby, University of Cape Town Urban agriculture is widely promoted as the solution to the growing problem of urban food insecurity in South Africa...
President Trump’s foreign policy dystopia
After over three decades of living in the United States, one thing that I have learned is never to assume that I understand American domestic politics. Every time I think...
Brussels attacks: why do family members commit terrorism together?
It appears to be increasingly common that terrorist attacks not of the lone-wolf variety involve members of the same family. Some of them, like the San Bernardino attack last December,...
Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration
Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...
Will a 2 Celsius Warming Prove Dangerous? Ocean Circulation Models Say Yes
Studying climate is not something we invented in the 20th and 21st century. Humans have been observing environmental change associated with climate since the early 19th century when scientists first...
Iraq Analysis: Prime Minister Caught Between Status Quo & A Cleric
In Iraq, the menace of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement, has reared its head again, posing serious challenges to Prime Minister Abadi and his plans...
The Art of the Deal? More of the Same!
“There are among us today, as there always have been, those who act against the scheme of things that degrades them, and in the process of action everything we have...
World Social Justice Day – 20 February
In February 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared 20 February “World Social Justice Day”. The concept of social justice can be traced to ancient religions and philosophies East and...
Non-human Democracy: Putting Inspirations, Lessons and Analogies to Work
This is the final part of a three-part essay. Part one asks why democratic research has all but ignored non-human species. Part two argues that our all-too-human conception of democracy...
Non-human Democracy: In the Anthropocene, It cannot be All About Us
This is part two of a three-part essay. Part one asks why democratic research has all but ignored non-human species, and considers how much we might gain from them in...
Non-human Democracy: Our Political Vocabulary has No Room for Animals
This is part one of a three-part essay that proposes a way of thinking about democracy that’s seldom, if ever, used. Despite the popularity in other disciplines of inter-species thinking,...
If We Are not Going to Burn Coal is There Another Reason to Mine It?
According to a team of researchers from Penn State University, there are rare-earth elements to be found in coal seams. This has been known for awhile but extracting them was...