Indifference and hostility have created a leadership vacuum in development. But as practitioners do the best they can in challenging circumstances, they create their own forms of thought leadership

Another piece, this time a book review, I submitted on spec unsuccessfully. I wrote it nearly 3 years ago, for a magazine I co-edited so I…

What does a weakened United Nations mean for the UK? Fred Carver examines the state of the UN and where Britain can still exercise influence.

Being Serious About Peace - PassBlue

In this blog, former UN Assistant Secretary General Sir Charles Petrie examines the question of state-building in an age of fragmentation, drawing on close to 40 years of experience working in conflic...

Just entities protecting their interests and passing the buck

First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.

How backroom deals shape the race for secretary-general and prevent U.N. reform.

I'm very grateful to Eugene for his thoughtful engagement with our report (Backroom Deals), and I'm glad that you were impressed by the research. Coming from you that means a lot. I'm replying in a p...

Kunzang Choden’s collection of folk tales felt authentic but samey

The Resolution Foundation is seeking a new Director, to work closely with the Chief Executive to develop and deliver the overall strategy of the organisation; to drive the next phase of the Foundation...

Backroom Deals Behind Secretary-General Candidate Races - PassBlue

Politics, in wealthy countries, is increasingly becoming a war between the generations. While the support for smaller parties in the UK (Liberal Democrats, Greens, the Scottish National Party, even Br...

David Graeber There Never Was a West Or, Democracy Emerges From the Spaces In Between 2007 From the collection “Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy,...

This is the story of a hardcore loyalist element which has stewed for decades in far-right ideology

In a pre-historic world where the spirits are fickle and the people are cautious, Little Meg is a Sunhealer's apprentice. She must learn to read the signs of nature and commune with the spirits to gui...