Oil and water in China
Simon Kirby
Ai Weiwei, a leading light in China’s avant garde, tells Simon Kirby why artists have to challenge the powerful.
Why is an infrastructure asset class for investors important for UK public services and pensioners?
Andy Friend
Whether it is energy, transport or social infrastructure the projected future needs for capital expenditure on public goods are escalating at the same time that meeting them from constrained public budgets has just got much harder.
Implementing Decentralisation in Kosovo: 1 Year On
Besnik Tahiri
The Executive Director of the Kosovo Local Government Institute in a new report evaluates the decentralisation process that followed the adoption of the Constitution of Kosovo.
Entering the network phase in Public Diplomacy
Dr Ali Fisher
We have been on the cusp of the network phase in Public Diplomacy for some time now, but as yet have not fully crossed the threshold and adopted the operating model of a network based approach.
'Open-Source' Public Diplomacy
Dr Ali Fisher
The development of new technology has spawned different ideas and new approaches to engaging with people around the world. One such development is the ability to approach public diplomacy based on the methodology employed in the production of open-source software.
How China thinks about 'the west'
Tim Summers
The western media has written a great deal what we think about China and the Chinese. But what do 'they' think about 'us'? Hong Kong based Tim Summers explores the notion of the west in mainland China
Bridges or Dynamite? The arts as vehicles of intercultural dialogue
Professor Njabulo Ndebele
Intercultural contact is about being exposed to the unfamiliar and then having to decide to accommodate the new experience or to resist it. There are threats and opportunities both ways.
Fraternity and Meritocracy: can the Netherlands have both?
Yvonne Zonderop
Unemployment may rise, purchasing power may fall - but that is not our biggest problem. The most important deficit is the lack of a sense of community and unity.Education: failing dismally?
Dr Elena Lenskaya
How education systems in many countries are adapting to the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
