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The politics of posterity: expert advice and long-term decision making
How can we overcome the chronic short-termism of our politics? Writing for the Guardian's Science Policy blog, Natalie Day calls for a new approach to long-range decision-making. Four months into the UK's coalition government, Nick Cle... Read More »
An accidental entrepreneur in India
Each day, one million people register for a unique identification number in India. Since actual registrations began in September 2010, over 275 million people have signed up across the country. It is a project of such scale and ambition that... Read More »
Leave the Short Term at the Door
It was a daunting gathering: one of the most senior economic ministers of China, former Presidents of the European Central Bank and the UK's Royal Society, India's inspiring techno-entrepreneur behind its Unique Identification project, for... Read More »
European Leadership: Insights from Brussels
Marine Le Pen’s unexpected result in the weekend’s French election is symbolic of a growing anti-migration, Eurosceptic, anti-globalisation mood in parts of Europe. Campaigning to pull France out of the euro zone, to heavily reduce ... Read More »
Waiting for our Prince Regent: Reflections from Planet Under Pressure
A prince regent (or prince-regent) is a prince who rules a monarchy as regent instead of a monarch, e.g., due to the Sovereign's incapacity or absence. In order to attend last week’s Planet Under Pressure conference, some 3000 partic... Read More »
Growing mountains of risk
If you dare to throw policy makers, business leaders and academics into one room with an ambitious agenda as diverse as pandemics, complexity theory, systemic risk, geoengineering and cyber warfare, you are bound to be tired by the end of it.... Read More »
South Africa 2030: Preparing for tomorrow’s world today
Since 1994, South Africa has been on an important and at times euphoric journey. From apartheid to democracy; from a racially preferential legal and constitutional system to the promise of equal rights and services for all. Significant progre... Read More »
European Migration - getting to the meat of the issue
Opinions are those of the author alone and not representative of the Oxford Martin School. Last night, I found myself stuck between a Brit, an Austrian and an American, arguing about the best place to get a Belgian steak and frites in Brussels.... Read More »
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