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There are numerous challenges for those who bear the burden of applying restraint to the use of armed force in today’s armed conflicts. Cambridge Author Sigrid Redse Johansen explores the top 10 commandments for military commanders.
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International efforts to combat climate change have left many people disappointed. Attention has focused on the failure of states to take the action needed to protect the planet. This reflects how the debate has been conducted at events such as the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. The environment was not represented […]
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In the ordinary business of markets there is more going on than just the interplay of competitive forces. What we want to talk about is that “more” that is going on. We will illustrate with the story of a man who would become known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, an athlete who holds the all-time NBA record […]
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World leaders recently convened in Glasgow for the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Several reports have been published in past weeks discussing the successes and failures of COP26. One notable highlight is the commitment of states to a limit of 1.5°C above pre-industrialised levels, shifting […]
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Deadlock following Iraq’s October 10th, 2021 elections shows that control over the security forces remains the country’s most important political issue. The parliamentary block led by Shia politician and militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr won a clear plurality of seats. However, a bloc of Iran-backed parties refuses to allow them to form a government. At the […]
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On November 10, 2021, Judge Piotr Hofmánski, the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave the ICC’s annual address to the United Nations General Assembly. In his speech to the General Assembly, Judge Hofmánski thanked the United Nations for its commitment to the ICC and highlighted some of the ICC’s success over the past […]
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With Facebook introducing us to the ‘Meta-verse’, Zoom becoming as relevant to our lives as the humble telephone, and ‘Google’ being as much a verb as a corporate colossus, Big Tech is shaping the world in a manner that many could not have envisaged even a decade ago. Notably, though, as fears of global domination […]
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As the world’s eyes were on Glasgow, where more than 100 world leaders provided pledges to limit greenhouse gas emissions, the focus was on governments and industry. Not mentioned in the dispatches, although almost certainly present unofficially was the massive global military complex. The environment is subject to degradation by governments and industry not only […]
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