Inequality under globalisation: A reprise
It is reasonable to begin a review of modern texts on inequality with Rousseau, who distinguished between ‘natural’ inequalities of strength and talent, necessarily...
The Quest for Change: From Domination to Dialogu
Executive Summary
This paper explores the distinction between domination and dialogue. It analyses dialogical philosophy, mainly in the works of Mikhail Bakhtin and some...
Pensions: Risking the twentieth century’s biggest social gain
The global financial crisis and its aftermath in the past decade have resulted in inadequate retirement coverage for many. Privatised, savings-based, or ‘funded’ pension...
Global energy security as an ontological system
Executive Summary
The study of global energy security in the context of socio-philosophical problems is necessary because global energy security has already been transformed from...
Statecraft: How the economics of civilisation can rescue the global economy
Our world is at a dangerous crossroads. The post-World War Two settlement is dissolving. Governments are having to learn how to adjust to a...
Vertical barbarism: The new wave
Our era is closely connected with the ‘digital revolution’ that has irreversibly extended humanity’s capacity for progress. This is especially clear when one compares...
Civil society and public institutions in international multi-stakeholder cooperation
The Transatlantic Business Council, the cities of Tokyo, Sao Paulo, and New York, Mafia organization, groups of hacktivists, the anti-death penalty network, and the...
A Post-Liberal World?
After Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump, the liberal world seems to lie in tatters: economic globalisation is in retreat while among the...
A new strategy for Afghanistan
Efforts to transform overnight insecure and destitute societies into liberal democracies with free-market economies, predominant private sectors, and independent central banks have been most...