Glimpses of a kinder, more connected future world emerge from the winning essay in the Visions of a World After COVID-19 competition.
It was difficult to miss the irony of commentaries on the “triumph of neo-Ottomanism” on 24 July, when Erdoğan was crowned the second conqueror of Istanbul.
“When it is proposed to protect members of the public from those monuments… all Presidential hell breaks loose.”
Let us mark the first anniversary of Toni Morrison’s death by recognising her relevance to the world outside the US.
The truly ‘essential’ temporary migrant workers are the ones who usually find it nearly impossible to access permanent residency and citizenship.
Everything starts with the Palestinian people and all options are now open in this decade of clarity and renewal.
The words we use in NGOs and aid agencies draw imaginary lines between ‘us’ and ‘them,’ stifling our imagination.
“Brexit means ‘opportunity’ for many in the Global South – particularly, African polities – and I shall explain why.”
Criticisms of the “Chinese solution” adopted by Italy have come from both sides, national and international.
Out of nearly 1000 entries, from around the world there could be only one winner in openDemocracy and UCL's COVID-19 competition.
All these examples have dispelled the scepticism that people of a ‘low educational level’ cannot be good managers and executives.
Russia’s foreign policy seems based on nihilism, said Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. But Vladimir Putin is much shrewder than that.
