With the harsh Trump anti-Iran policy frustrated, the new regional realisation of pragmatism and protests in Tehran and other major cities, the protagonists may entertain probable compromises. Mehrdad Khonsari* Despite the harsh anti-Iranian rhetoric employed by Donald Trump before, and after, his unilateral withdrawal from JCPOA in May 2018, it …
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If Democrats are to not only win, but erase the divide and change politics, they must break from their narrow focus and speak to the crowd that Trump has co-opted James Zogby For a growing number of Americans on both sides of our ever-deepening political divide, the 2020 presidential election …
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With the UK facing one of the most important elections in decades, the focus should be on the clear programmatic differences between the main parties, rather than weekly polling outcomes. Lea Ypi * If I were to give unsolicited advice to media pundits preparing to comment on the upcoming general …
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The UN has not been able to find an objective role in the Libyan conflict. Its performance in trying to find a political solution has been problematic. Ziad Akl Libya has been engaged in an internal political conflict for a few years now and since 2011. The international community has …
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An OECD proposal to reduce transnational tax evasion contains flaws which developing countries must challenge before it is set in stone. José Antonio Ocampo In the face of global outrage at the low or no taxes paid by some of the world’s largest multinationals, the Group of 20 appointed the …
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The privileging of economic freedoms over social rights by the European Court of Justice could be reversed by a thorough harmonisation of European social law. Lukas Hochscheidt & Susanne Wixforth In 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the obligation to pay minimum wages due to national …
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The sufferings of the Palestinian people oftentimes don’t make the news. But they are as extensive as ever, and the silence of neglect only compounds their impact. James Zogby With mass protests roiling Lebanon and Iraq, unsettling developments in Syria and Yemen, and the latest episode of the continuing soap …
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How can transnational corporations be held to account in a world of nation states? A binding UN treaty would be an important step. Sharan Burrow The global economic model has failed working people. The power and greed of huge corporations have captured governments, which are acting against the rights …
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Paul Mason re-imagines the Manchester of his birth in a postcapitalist age—and raises the challenge of getting there. Paul Mason Imagine this: a child is born in a city where 40 per cent of the workforce make things with machines and manual labour. The dominant social relationship is the …
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A European Green Deal faces not only internal challenges: its success depends on the construction of a wider global order. Guido Montani & Riccardo Fiorentini In her opening statement to the European Parliament in July, as candidate for the commission presidency, Ursula von der Leyen promised: ‘I will put …
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