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Hurricane Maria
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Puerto Rico’s double power failure

A hurricane hits a post-colonial colony

Cities
Alokananda Nath

Not smart enough

India’s otherwise remarkable Smart Cities Mission fails to heed international governance lessons

Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

History repeating itself

Hun Sen cracks down on critics

Rule of law
Grace Atuhaire

Kenya is heading for rerun elections

Kenyan voters face a confusing scenario after Supreme Court decision

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

CUP changes stance and stands by China Quarterly

Cambridge University leaders insist on academic freedom

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Cambridge University Press is sacrificing academic freedom

The quest for truth is more important than the Chinese regime’s wishes

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Playing with fire in Nairobi

Kenya’s election should have been managed better

Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

Venezuela’s escalating crisis

Foreign mediation would be useful in Caracas – but unlikely to happen

Right-wing populism
Manoj K. Jha

Demonising others

Post-truth populists show no respect for facts and want everyone to believe that public opinion matters more than empirical reality

USA
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

When ideology trumps evidence

How foreign-policy debate is changing in the USA

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Junk food in school
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
How to end hunger
Why food security needs both peacebuilding and livelihood development
Eco-friendly agriculture must reduce farmers’ costs

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

Justice for victims of rape
How can we infer the colour of a person’s skin?
How GIZ gets young people moving
Why sport is an effective tool for development
Addressing gender-based violence in Colombia

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Junk food in school
Promoting media literacy to fight misinformation
Mexico is facing an epidemic of obesity and overweight
The sudden fall of Bangladesh’s autocratic prime minister
The dubious practices of digital money lenders