... and justice. This combination, students said, will never set us free, and so it must all fall. To this Mbembe asked, “If we repudiate [liberal] democracy, what will we replace it with?” This is the question of the moment, one that #FeesMustFall students and their allies appear, perhaps rightly...

... of only half the population. To address the world's challenges, we must meaningfully change whom we call upon as experts. We must insist on a media landscape where more women are quoted, bylined, and miked. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 This content is made freely available...

...Mari Margil A global movement is attempting to transform the legal systems that govern humankind’s relationship with the environment. Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s Mari Margil argues that we must stop treating the planet as if it exists solely for human exploitation and recognize...

...Kehinde Andrews Racism transcends borders and so too must the fight against it, argues Kehinde Andrews . Too often, analyses of race are hemmed in by “methodological nationalism,” or the tendency to frame our thinking around the nation-state. Instead, Andrews says, the African diaspora should unite...

... parties must build broad-based support for a multiethnic approach to governance that addresses inequality, strengthens unions, and develops sustainable immigration policies. These approaches work if voters are empowered to imagine a better future for themselves and their children. It is imperative...

...Alina Polyakova After Britain voted to leave the EU, the European dream of a united continent is at risk but not dead. The Atlantic Council's Alina Polyakova argues that EU leaders must create opportunities for young people to reap the benefits of the economic bloc's accomplishments. Unless a new...

... argues that transparency laws must also be accompanied by efforts to promote social inclusion and economic development. Copyright © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 labor trafficking modern-day slavery supply chains Mat Isa holds a fishing net given to him as part of Cambodia’s...

... are known because they are evoked in the text discussed in Bonn at the climate change conference in June. The Bonn Text, the document that sets the stage for the global conference to be held in Paris in December, says that we must assure the resilience of the most vulnerable populations by securing...

... century, Niccolo Machiavelli reminds us in The Prince that to be effective, a leader must have virtu (skill), occasione (the right context or occasion), and fortuna (luck). Machiavelli alerts us that while skill is important, it is not enough. It has always been critical for leaders...

... Institute Lieven Soete Strasbourg, France—Any attempt to explain a transnational identity must take into account that nations, cultures, and people have always met and mixed across borders and boundaries. Europe’s historically grounded diversity constitutes our true identity and gives us great...

...Armin Staigis Germany’s President, Joachim Gauck, launched this process at the Munich Security Conference last January. However, much more must be done if our citizens are to understand and accept what it means to contribute substantially to the stability of the international order...

... of fighting with its ongoing parade of horrors, and the deepening of the humanitarian crisis are scenarios that must be prevented at all costs. As the great 17th century French theologian Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet warned us, we cannot lament the consequences that loom ahead while cherishing the causes...

... interest on deposits, the bu­ free investments and phony positions, has reaus charge interest on the deposits of the emerged. citizenry— who must pay their bills and Rather than being used for reconstruc­ taxes through them. Their operations still tion and repair...

... WORLD POLICY JOURNAL • SUMMER 2003 devastated by the conflict. The creation of Match the Mandate to the Means the Office of the High Representative there Those who are given a far-reaching mandate to oversee the implementation of the peace must also be given the means to carry it settlement...

... the spond to it effectively, we must be united. culture of the “not guilty” plea required by Terrorism does not originate in one country, Western court systems, the U.N. experts its practitioners are not based in one coun­ had to train the Timorese to lie. Their men­ try, its victims are not found...