Quick Takes counter the long-form approach of our biannual journal, New Annales. They give Members the opportunity to provide rapid, thoughtful pieces of analysis on relevant issues.
Even if the public is educated on the merits of government intervention, will they believe what they hear? Or will the variety allowed for under federalism prevent the public from realising the benefits of government, especially in areas traditionally opposed to interference?
Read MoreMuch work remains to achieve the ambitious climate change objectives necessary to protect the planet.
Read MorePeople do not like change so it needs to be innocuous, unnoticeable, and without underlying partisan riders. With time it should scale up to be increasingly effective. By enacting these following changes now, we will be on a better path towards a greener future and open the door to more environmental legislation in a few years.
Read MoreWe must continue to consider questions of what it means to be part of a culture and how profoundly art can impact people. Art should, by all means, be appreciated and shared with the world, but not on these terms.
Read MoreThe way Kennedy spoke about outer space is the way explorers and visionaries speak about the unknown and what it can achieve: ‘We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people.’
Read MoreThe virus is producing invisible and accidental serial killers. We are living in a zombie apocalypse, but there is no way of identifying the zombies.
Read MoreIf our ambition to change the world is defined by these paradigmatic big-tech success stories, it is valueless.
Read MoreUnfortunately, Western governments and businesses from Germany to the U.S. are happy to aid and abet the CCP and its proxies as long as they have access to China’s incredibly lucrative economy. Policymakers in the West would be well to wake up to the disturbing reality of Chinese rule before it is too late.
Read MoreWestern powers must re-evaluate their priorities. Greater focus on the conflicts in central Africa will help provide an insight for policy makers, who in the near future, will want to avoid catastrophe on their own home fronts.
Read MoreGlobal interconnectivity is the source of our sense of culpability for the seemingly inevitable consequences of our actions; but it is characteristically inseparable from the way we live.
Read MoreWhile museums have historically been a tool to educate the public and democratise knowledge, experiences, and the ‘collective memories’ of communities, they are increasingly becoming commercialised sources of finance.
Read MoreTo emerge successfully from this crisis, Lebanon needs to heed Franklin’s words on confidence, and bring about the necessary measures to wield its high debt levels like Japan.
Read MoreWe must question whether the institutions or methods in place today truly are adequate, and whether the top-down approach adopted so far by stated in the name of multilateralism really is capable of answering environmental challenges.
Read MoreMigration is a problem that must be considered carefully and at length. Failure to do so might mean, without exaggeration, the collapse of Europe.
Read MoreWhile society continues to pump harmful greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, we seem to be more obsessed with talking about the problem than solving it.
Read MoreDue to the provision and threat of international arbitration, BITs consistently undermine the ability of developing states to craft policy and regulate foreign investors.
Read MoreThe anti-hyperinflationary recipe is as clear as the economic science behind it. But in Bolivarian Venezuela it is the ideologues that rule, not the technocrats.
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