Is legally avoiding taxes a smart thing to do, or is it dodging one’s social responsibility? Does tax avoidance treat the law as a mere formality to circumvent, a tool to manipulate, or a shield of justification? How can we reform tax codes to prevent tax evasion while ensuring that those legal tools are still usable for legitimate purposes?
Katharina Pistor, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Comparative Law at Columbia Law School, talks to RBI director John Torpey about the Pandora Papers, what they reveal about international tax evasion, and how much tax reform we can expect in the foreseeable future.
Have efforts to make war ‘humane’ made it easier for the United States to undertake military action? How do those efforts balance with efforts that
In the recent Czech elections, a broad coalition edged out the populist ANO (YES) party and changed the political landscape. Meanwhile, the ailing Czech President
Where do intellectuals fit within the recent resurgence in right-wing populism? What differentiates European and American far-right ideologies? How internationally organized is today’s far right?
What are the immediate and long-term political implications of the new Australia-UK-US cooperation agreement, providing Australia with nuclear submarines despite the fact that the French
What should we expect in Afghanistan’s future? How is the Taliban governing the country, and what challenges will they face? Will the end of the
How did Indonesia become the latest Covid-19 hot spot? Can the new wave of the virus be attributed to dangerous new variants, lack of funding,
The UN has long been one of the most important voices pushing for global gender equality. But how does the UN approach promoting equality from
On January 31, 2020, the UK voted to leave the European Union making it the first and only nation to do so. What have been
How do cultural artifacts end up outside their country of origin? What are the different approaches that are being taken to repatriate historical treasures, and