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What Has It Got to Do With the Nigeria Labour Movement That, 25 Years On, It’s Clearer Than Ever That ‘New Labour’ Failed?

Posted By: adminon: May 01, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: Brexit, Corbynism, Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, New Labour, Tony BlairNo CommentsViews:

New Labour was a formidable political project—but it never won real power. So says this piece originally published by Prospect Magazine under the title Twenty-five Years On, It’s Clearer Tha... Read more

A Vice-Chancellor for Oxford and Cambridge Universities

Posted By: adminon: February 04, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Brexit, CHINA, COVID-19, Harvard University, UK, University of British Columbia, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of St Andrews, University of TorontoNo CommentsViews:

With both Oxford and Cambridge seeking new vice-chancellors, Rosa Ellis examines the unique pressures of leading these prestigious universities and the qualities that successful candidates w... Read more

Six Reasons the British Left Need Not Despair

Posted By: adminon: December 14, 2019In: World From AfricaTags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dems, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, SNP, UKIPNo CommentsViews:

Boris Johnson has left almost everyone breathless after his stunning victory last Thursday to renew his Prime Ministership of Britain. Tom Clark , the author of this piece reproduced from Pr... Read more

Britain’s Missing Middle

Posted By: adminon: June 03, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn, Radical centre, Theresa MayNo CommentsViews:

Earlier this week, Intervention concluded a joint review of Segun Adeniyi’s Against the Run of Play and Onyeisi Chiemeke’s June 12 Election: The Campaign for Democracy and the Im... Read more

The French Head in Opposite Direction of the Brits and the Americans Against Populism?

Posted By: adminon: May 07, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Brexit, DONALD TRUMP, Emmanuel Macron, Marine Le Pen, PopulismNo CommentsViews:

The French are not allowing populist affliction like the British in Brexit or the Americans in electing Donald Trump last year. The snippets in the French election show centrist candidate, E... Read more

Five megachanges that could transform the world

Posted By: adminon: October 10, 2016In: FlashbackTags: AfD, Amsterdam, Andrew McAfee, Asia, Boston, Brexit, Cape Town, Carl Frey, D.C, Ellen Stofan, Erik Brynjolfsson, Europe, Hong Kong, Iran, ISIS, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Michael Osborn, Middle East, Muslims, NASA, New York City, North Africa, Poland, RBC, Russia, San Francisco, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Sweden, Tokyo, Trumpism, U.S, Venice, WashingtonNo CommentsViews:

By Darrel West Large-scale change is transforming the world. Many of the beliefs and institutions that used to anchor international and domestic affairs have grown weak. Political and econom... Read more