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The co-opted state: how politicians’ controls over bureaucrats’ careers threatens governance
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Local election candidates should be contactable by voters
No full textIn a digital age of social media online election campaigns, one would expect it to be easy to contact the UK’s political candidates. But, Edward de Quay argues, that is not the case
Climate reparations and the language of justice: a legal imperative
No full textAre we in a climate reparations ‘moment’? Joy Reyes and Sahar Shah explore how the law can shift this concept to actionable obligations
Submission to the Third Dialogue of the UAE Just Transition Work Programme: approaches to enhance adaptation and climate resilience in the context of just transitions
Get PDFThis submission responds to a call for views on the dialogues under the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP). Specifically, it refers to the message by the Chairs of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) that the topic of the third dialogue which will be held on 22–23 May 2025 is: “Approaches to enhancing adaptation and climate resilience in the context of just transitions.” This submission aims to inform the dialogue and subsequent work on this topic under the JTWP. The submission draws on work produced across the Grantham Research Institute, including the adaptation and resilience team, the Climate Change Laws of the World project, and the Just Transition Finance Lab
Critical raw materials and MNE strategies under paradigm shift
No full textCritical Raw Materials (CRMs) are essential inputs in the current industrial transformation, working as an irreplaceable material basis for technological innovations enabling the dual (digital and green) transition. Global CRM supply and value chains are subject to significant geopolitical risks and vulnerability, which are likely to affect firms’ advantages, behaviour and strategies. By drawing on the Multinational Enterprises’ (MNEs) technological accumulation theory developed by John Cantwell, introducing the notion of material-based technological regime underlying innovation in key industries, and using micro-data obtained by merging patent data and firm-level information through ORBIS IP, this chapter sheds preliminary light on the relevance of CRMs in shaping MNE technological and internationalization strategies
Larry Kramer “if it's lawful speech, don't ask us to condemn it”
Get PDFInto his second year as President and Vice-Chancellor of the LSE, Larry Kramer has dealt with a pro-Palestinian encampment, academic freedom infringements, and visa restrictions for foreign students. In the first segment of a three-part interview, he tells Lee-Ann Sequeira, the editor of the LSE Higher Education Blog, how he is building a more thoughtful and resilient campus cultur
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility anti-democratic?
Get PDFThe Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), established as an independent fiscal watchdog, plays a pivotal role in shaping fiscal policy through its forecasts and analysis. But, argue Stefano Merlo and Carmen Leung, while intended to enhance transparency and the accountability of governments, the way the OBR is being used may inadvertently constrain political imagination, skewing the balance of power between democratically elected politicians and unelected technocrats
Book review: breaking the engagement: how China won and lost America
Get PDFIn Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America, David Shambaugh tracks the US-China relationship, from the early Cold War origins of engagement to a more confrontational relationship after 2012 when Xi Jinping took power. He argues that with Xi’s China becoming more illiberal at home and revisionist abroad, the rationale for US engagement disappeared. Gray Sergeant comments that the changing relationship between the US and China discussed in the book mirrors Shambaugh’s own with China
