Archie Brown -- Oxford professor of politics and author of 'The Myth of the Strong Leader' -- explains why strong leaders are overrated and a collegiate style yields better results

Cullen Hendrix and others have no doubts -- water scarcity caused by climate change can lead to outbreaks of interstate violence. However, their research also suggests that if such shortages are shared ones, a lack of rain may actually have conflict-inhibiting effects

Currency will become increasingly and overtly politicized in the coming years. This means that the international monetary and financial system will be yet another arena where the world's powers attempt to advance their geopolitical and security interests

Nearly two thirds of humanity remains offline, that is more than 4 billion people. The internet is a powerful enabler of social and economic progress and everyone deserves to be connected. It is the responsibility of the technology industry to make this happen

The internet is transforming the global economy and changing our daily lives in fundamental ways. What's less appreciated is that the internet has also enabled a fascinating, decades-long experiment in international governance

A growing number of companies are using the tools and disciplines of Big Data to transform their businesses and markets. Its application in the consumer sector is becoming well known, but it is also playing a crucial role in financial services

There is another digital revolution in the air. The NETmundial conference in Sao Paulo is shaping up to be the flashpoint at which the United States loses control of the internet. The keeper of the internet is about to change, and there's a lot at stake

Strategy is something which nearly everybody thinks is important. Indeed, no self-respecting organization would ever admit to not having a strategy. Few, though, seem to know what strategy is precisely

Pope Francis is doing exactly what he is supposed to do: challenge followers to examine the lives they are leading. His broadening the conversation to include aspects of life that go beyond throwing a few shillings into a collection plate is a good thing

Almost everywhere in the democratic world fewer people today are voting in national elections than in previous generations. Politicians in democracies must often feel like actors on stage watching gloomily as the audience departs while the performance is going on