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In the Shadow of the Vatican

“We will have to undertake one of the most difficult tasks facing the Church in our day,” wrote Cline Paden, the young pastor of the non-denominational, evangelical Church of Christ in Brownfield,...

Mario Del Pero | 30 Sep 2025

Beyond Colonialism: The Long Shadow of War in Latin America’s Development

Capable states that enforce the rule of law, secure property rights, and provide public goods are prerequisites for development, but where do they originate? Last year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was...

Luis L. Schenoni | 25 Sep 2025

The debate on the European Court of Human Rights: lessons from history

The debate on the European Court of Human Rights is back – if it ever left in the first place. After a decade-long push to move toward increased subsidiarity, the most recent stage in the debate...

Wiebe Hommes | 25 Sep 2025

From Trade-offs to Intelligence: Supply Chain Management in the World of AI

Supply chain management has often been perceived as the practice of having the right product, at the right time, in the right place, to meet market demand without holding excess inventory. Naturally,...

Işık Biçer | 22 Sep 2025

Statistical Mechanics as the Rosetta Stone of Physics?

The Rosetta Stone is a famous stone artefact that was found in Rosetta in 1799 with inscriptions written on it in three different languages: Ancient Egyptian, Demotic and Ancient Greek. Given that Ancient...

Fabien Paillusson | 18 Sep 2025

The Women Who Threw Corn

How many witches did the Spanish Inquisition burn in Mexico?  My name is Martin Nesvig and my new book The Women Who Threw Corn: Witchcraft and Inquisition in Sixteenth-Century Mexico discusses witchcraft...

Martin Austin Nesvig | 16 Sep 2025

J. S. Bach’s Enigmatic Suites for Solo Cello

Compared with [J. S. Bach’s] six sonatas for violin without accompaniment these violoncello solos are light and unpretending. Nevertheless, they are interesting, because they are Bach’s. The first...

Edward Klorman | 10 Sep 2025

How to talk to your child about drugs

After nearly thirty years working as an addiction psychiatrist with people with drug related problems, I have met many young people experiencing often severe challenges including dependence and associated...

Owen Bowden-Jones | 10 Sep 2025

Never Again? Transitional Justice and Prevention of Conflict Recurrence

Since the end of World War II, the vow of ‘Never Again’ has been repeated by state leaders, international organisations, diplomats and activists worldwide. The famous phrase appears on genocide memorials...

Maja Davidović | 5 Sep 2025

The language nebula – how language was born in social interaction

Nebulae are those star nurseries familiar through the fabulous Hubble images like the one above. Languages are also born – indeed every language is reborn, quite literally in the nursery. In my...

Stephen C. Levinson | 5 Sep 2025

Peopling the Landscape: Local Priests in Tenth-Century Europe

On our book’s cover stands a small church. Coloured in a blue that suggests the haze of a summer’s day, it is set against a yellow landscape dotted with vines. We chose this image partly for its aesthetic...

Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, Bastiaan Waagmeester, Charles West | 4 Sep 2025

Fifty Years of International Environmental Law: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

In the advisory opinion of July 25, 2025,  Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) took a bold step to declare that human rights law is the most relevant...

Elli Louka | 2 Sep 2025