From the guarantor of global security to the greatest threat to humanity: nuclear weapons and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Author: Gabriele KaminskaiteThe ProblemOn the 3rd of January 2022, the Non-Proliferation Treaty nuclear states (USA, UK, Russia, China and France) declared that “nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought” (White House, 2022). Two months later, Russian...
AI’s the word: the race for LLM and chatbot market domination
Author: Sarah Ledoux Unless you have been living under a rock this past month, you will have noticed that the whole world has been raving about AI chatbots, specifically OpenAI’s ChatGPT and its bigger better younger sibling, GPT-4. As I’m sure you have already been...
Profit for the planet: Six months on from Patagonia’s radical restructuring
In September 2022, Yvon Chouinard announced that he was giving up ownership of Patagonia, the outdoor-wear brand he started fifty years ago. Chouinard transferred 98% of the company’s stock to the Holdfast Collective, a non-profit organisation established to fight...
The Political Impact of the UK’s Ageing Population
Author: James Breckwoldt The UK has an ageing population. The Office for National Statistics (2018) projects that in 50 years’ time, there are likely to be an additional 8.6 million people aged 65 years and over, which will make up 26% of the population – up from 18%...
How the energy crisis is pushing nuclear power in the EU taxonomy
Author: Djego Abedinaj The European Union (EU) energy crisis has reopened the debate for alternative energy supply. As the EU and its member states have recognized that the consequences of the Ukraine war will not be short-term, alternative energy sources, including...
Enabled by deterrence? The Ukraine War and nuclear weapons
Author: Declan Penrose The Russian invasion of Ukraine has shaken the world as we all try to understand how and why this has happened. Of course, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, but even for Putin, attempting to annex an entire state is truly shocking. How...
Hidden infrastructures of decarbonisation
This article was originally posted by the Sustainable Consumption Institute blog. Political Perspectives is grateful for their permission to reproduce it in full.Authors: Matthew Paterson and Charlotte WeatherillAs many of us start to travel again more for work after...
Chile’s constitutional referendum: the opportunity to set Pinochet’s legacy aside
Author: Francisco EspinozaLeaving behind the Constitution implemented by the civic-military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet has not been an easy task for Chileans. The current Chilean constitution (hereafter, the Constitution) – commissioned by the military junta...
Football as a weapon of soft power: The beautiful game hiding the ugly truth
Author: Kenn Rushworth“Sports is always to do with politics. Sports is part of our society. And the society is political”Ewald Lienen – Technical Director of FC St. PauliSoft Power and Sports WashingFootball has long been used as a soft power tool, most commonly by...
Activist athletes: from a diary about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo to a livestream with migrant workers in Qatar?
Author: Bram Daanen “The tournament starts tomorrow for us. A lot is going through my mind.” writes Dutch hockey player Hans Jorritsma (2013) before the opening match at the 1978 Hockey World Cup in Argentina, organised by the murderous dictatorship of Jorge Videla....
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