‘The West’s most radical government’: A Mid-Term Assessment of Cameron’s ‘Conservative-led’ Coalition by Matthew Lakin

The ‘Conservative-led’ Coalition Government, to apply Sir Winston Churchill’s oft-quoted comment on Russia, is nothing short of ‘a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. Nevertheless, we can can try to decode its behaviour in both ideological terms and its necessary translation into action-oriented public policy positions. It shouldn’t be hard. The Economist recently
Read more

Remembering Peter David by A Blake Ewing

Last week, whilst teaching a course at Colorado College, I wrote a piece for The Economist about a bill to allow civil unions in the state, which was combined with reporting on Obama’s announcement in support of gay marriage and that passage of North Carolina’s constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. This larger story – Colorado is rather small beer, to be fair – meant that my
Read more

Religion, Spirituality and Global Governance: an International Interdisciplinary Conference by Cailin Crockett

On Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5, the University of Oxford Centre for International Studies (CIS) hosted an international interdisciplinary conference, jointly convened by the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS), and the Centre for Sustainable Development & International Peace at the University of Denver. Featuring a variety of scholars and leaders in the field of
Read more

Facing Tough Questions: What should Oxbridge do about admissions and race? by Joshua Oware

In the national and international imagination, Oxbridge is the ideal type of British higher education. ‘What it does is amplified, domestically and internationally. "That’s unfair, says Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, speaking at the Race Equality Question Time held at Oxford University. 'It’s unjust that the world’s eyes are focused on
Read more

Coordination in the Fight Against Transnational Organised Crime in the Americas: another band-aid solution? by Karina Gould

In light of last month’s VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crime. The threat is, he claimed, the “main challenge to security in our
Read more

We are going to win this thing the (new) old-fashioned way by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen

May 5th, President Obama gave (basically identical) speeches in the swing states of Ohio and Virginia, officially providing the "campaign kickoff" for his re-election effort. The opening statement is interesting for how it frames the campaign, as well as for the substantial ask-- I want to thank so many of our Neighborhood Team Leaders for being here today.  You guys will be the backbone of
Read more

Show more posts....