Aviation
Ben Davies: Ban Private Jets
This would be common sense if governments were even slightly serious about reducing carbon emissions. Read the article here.
Articles by Ben Wray
EU politics
Joseph Downing – The EU’s Digital Services Act: Europeanising social media regulation?
Should we worry that Brussels technocrats, which we can’t kick out of office, will decide what is illegal online content? This article is cross-posted from LSE’s European Politics and Policy blog Big tech has been blamed for […]
EU politics
Peter Becker: Germany’s U-turn over the EU’s recovery funds was further evidence of its role as Europe’s ‘status quo power’
The EU recovery funds have been wrongly interpreted as a major policy shift – they were a minor tweak in order to maintain the current European order in a moment of acute crisis Peter Becker […]
Economics
Jordi Schröder Bosch, Marc Beckmann: Counting on the ECB to act on fragmentation risks
The European Central Bank’s new Transmission Protection Instrument gives it even more power over Eurozone member-states Cross-posted from the Positive Money Europe blog What does fragmentation in the Eurozone mean? Fragmentation is the divergent movement […]
EU politics
Cristina Monge – The Andalusian Elections: A Turning Point in Spanish Politics?
The Andalusian regional elections on 19 June showed Spain’s left coalition government is provoking political apathy amongst the poorest Spaniards You are here: Home›Authors›Cristina Monge Cristina Monge is a lecturer of sociology at the University […]
EU politics
Ben Burgis: We should have listened to Bernie Sanders about Ukraine
Bernie got it right again. Read the article here.
EU politics
Paolo Gerbaudo: A new Sorpasso?
Podemos in Spain is yet another cautionary tale for the left internationally. Read the article here.
Finance
Eve Ottenberg: The West can’t stop pillaging other countries’ bank accounts
Seizing the funds of sovereign states is not a good strategy for maintaining global hegemony Cross-posted from CounterPunch With the explanation that it had to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, the west stole […]
National Politics
Jan P. Vogler: How Europe’s history of interstate rivalry is linked to global imperialism – and why it still matters today
Inter-state European competition was a key driving force of empire, the legacy of which is still very much present in contemporary global power relations Cross-posted from the LSE Europe blog On the surface, it may […]
Corruption
Prabir Purkayastha: The WTO Opts for Greed and Profits Over Providing Vaccinations for All People Worldwide
Vaccine apartheid is not in the news anymore but it is still live and well. This article was produced by Globetrotter The UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima had appealed before the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva […]