The 2016 U.S. Presidential Primary cycle demonstrates more than ever the need for a proportional representation electoral system. Our current winner-takes-all framework encourages two broadly based parties, disenfranchising important social movements and discouraging political participation… [Read more]
As part of her visit to the School to deliver the Kapuscinski Development Lecture, Dr. Nancy Birdsall met with the Governance Post. Our Editor for the Economics and Finance section, Kevin Tharayil, asked her a… [Read more]
Last week’s controversial EU-Turkey migrant summit resolved to send back all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey without documents. Is this a humanitarian solution? Over 1,012,100 migrants set sail for Europe from Turkey last year. Most… [Read more]
Despite a mild winter, the heated discussions at this year’s Munich Security Conference over a return of Cold War-like disputes ensure that Russian gas supply will remain on the agenda. During the recent years, Moscow… [Read more]
Millions of people in the developing world have left poverty and joined what could be called the middle class. But the majority of households in the world are still vulnerable to falling back into poverty.… [Read more]
The recent announcement of a multinational industry consortium to build a second Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany provoked massive protest from Central and Eastern EU Member States as well as from the European… [Read more]
The accession process to the OECD is already changing Colombian policymaking processes. Indeed, this was the main aim of President of Colombia Mr. Juan Manuel Santos when, in January 2011, he informed the OECD… [Read more]
In the past few months, major powers involved in the Syrian crisis have met in Vienna in the hope of agreeing on a solution that will bring an end to the Syrian conflict. Meanwhile,… [Read more]
Our recent research demonstrates that the continuation of society’s historical pattern of addressing energy problems only in times of crisis is insufficient to provide the necessary incentives for a transition to an energy system with… [Read more]
It is by no means a revolutionary idea that education is the key to integration and independence – yet so many refugees struggle to gain access to it. Asking young people who have recently left… [Read more]