Ukraine’s Fragile Ceasefire By Andrew Wilson
In the lead up to the October elections in Ukraine our author and Ukraine-expert, Andrew Wilson, will give…
Current Affairs
‘My Week in Kiev, February 2014’ By Andrew Wilson
In February 2014, Andrew Wilson, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and author of Ukraine…
Austerity: Reading Between the Lines of the Economic Debate
In his searching new book, Austerity: the Great Failure, historian Florian Schui tackles the central economic debate that has emerged from…
Virtual Money Revolution: currency in the digital age
Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S&H Green Stamps that consumers…
Brazil by Michael Reid – an extract for World Cup 2014
The FIFA World Cup begins today, with host country Brazil playing an opening match against Croatia. To coincide with…
Hard Times: Explore the Infographic
The current economic crisis, like the Great Depression of the 1930s, has caused not just financial misery for…
Aristotle, Aquinas and Austerity.
The Reality of Economic Cuts.
Tightening one’s belt, battening down the hatches or, simply, austerity. Whatever euphemism is used, this is a process…
Ukraine 2014: A belated 1989
or another failed 2004?
Whatever their outcome, the events in Ukraine seem likely to be of greater long-term import than the ‘Orange…
The End of Europe?
Not So Fast
William Hague, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, has described the ongoing situation in…
Austerity: The Great Failure
Is austerity the most divisive economic issue in living memory? Its defenders praise it as a panacea that…
The Future of Clean Water
With the planet’s clean water sources strained by over-population and pollution, Yale University Press sat down with Water 4.0 author David…
Nelson Mandela and Southern Africa
Nelson Mandela has left an indelible mark on his native South Africa. His life as a revolutionary, politician…
Robert Calderisi: The Catholic Church & the Developing World
With 1.3 billion members, the Catholic Church is the world’s largest organization and perhaps its most controversial. The…
New and recent current affairs titles from Yale University Press
The challenges facing the world are multiplex; the global financial crisis, costly and exhausting conflicts, and cracks appearing…
China’s Innovation Hurdle
Drawing on extensive research and experience living and working in Asia over the last thirty-five years, Stumbling Giant…