Review – Underground Empire
Farrell and Newman show how U.S. control of global infrastructure became a source of power and how its overuse now threatens the very system it built.
Review – Cooperative Complexity
Clark reframes global lending as inter-organizational politics, showing how rivalry boosts performance — though broader borrower strategies merit deeper inquiry.
Thinking Global Podcast – Sarrah Kassem
Sarrah Kassem speaks about the global politics of the platform economy, the alienation of Amazon workers, and how platform workers hold both power and agency globally.
Our Fragile Bodies: Economic Change, the Nation-State and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Although it is not feasible to assess the ultimate implications of COVID-19 currently, the pandemic has already revealed multiple long-term dynamics in our societies.
Local Autonomy in the Global Context
In the complex constellations of the global/local, the constituent parts are continuously shifting; nothing is sustained forever.
A Blessing in Disguise: UAE’s Possible Scenarios for a Post-COVID-19 World
The UAE has made a great progress in meeting its Vision 2021 National Agenda. However, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to halt or reverse the gains of the last decade.
