Achieving Foresight with Impact
Cat Tully is founder of School of International Futures; a think-tank that builds the capacity of policy-makers, decision-makers and civilContinue Reading
Category: Society and Culture
Is China’s growing appetite a threat to global food security?
by Tim Abington. Tim is a 6th Form student applying to study International Relations. Over the course of theContinue Reading
London Event Oct 10 – Tech, Society & Politics
Monday 10th October 2016. Drinks from six p.m., discussion from 630 p.m. Neo Bankside, SE1 From the shanty towns of LagosContinue Reading
Friendship & Cooperation? – India’s African Strategy
William Farmer is a recent graduate from King’s College London, specializing in Postcolonial Africa and political risk. In itsContinue Reading
Exploiting the Electorate: Lessons from Brexit
Caitlin Vito is a research Events Administrator at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS); Formerly at NATO, Political Affairs and SecurityContinue Reading
London Event May 9: London and the challenge of megacities
Next week, London will have a new Mayor. Whether it is Sadiq Khan or Zac Goldsmith who takes City Hall, theyContinue Reading
The other story from Saudi Arabia
Recent headline-grabbing events coming out of Saudi Arabia overshadow an issue which has been simmering for years: the plight of the country’s migrant workers. Western governments need to take a – albeit uncomfortable – stand against their ally.
Looking ahead through the lens of history
Research on life in a small town in America led me to a local history reading room in western Colorado. There, I found a photocopy of a closely typed pamphlet titled Passing of the Two-Gun Era: Memoirs of the late Alva W. Galloway, Cowboy, Rancher, County Official and Businessman. It was bound with tape and cardboard and, according to a hand-scrawled note, written in 1940.
‘Womenomics’ in Japan
In response to this stalled development of women in the workforce, Prime Minister Abe pledged to create a society in which ‘all women can shine’. He acknowledged that women had long been an under-utilised resource in the Japanese economy and promised to boost female labour participation rates, increase the presence of women in corporate board rooms and improve gender equality.
The forgotten women and children of Iraq
The devastating consequences of unregistered marriages for Iraqi women and children are leaving many Iraqis without basic state protection. The potential security implications reach far beyond Iraq’s borders.
