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Ira Grange is our commenter, celebrated for her incisive and analytical approach. Her columns tackle social issues and controversial topics with unflinching candour, often challenging conventional perspectives. Unafraid to confront uncomfortable truths, Grange provokes reflection, question complacency, and inspire change.
Publications (15)
May 12, 2025 ∙ 5 min
No country on track to achieve all SDGs by 2030: Evidence of systemic failure in global development governance
Only 17% of Sustainable Development Goal targets are progressing as planned, reflecting profound governance shortcomings
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Apr 14, 2025 ∙ 5 min
1km. 2 realities
A reflection on the global wealth divide between Monaco and Kibera, and the urgent need for fairness, empathy, and shared responsibility
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Apr 7, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Embracing local economies: A path to resilience amidst global uncertainty
Why self-sustaining communities offer a sustainable response to trade disruption and climate crisis
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Apr 5, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Myanmar: Between political Crisis, organised crime, and environmental devastation
Amid civil conflict, environmental devastation, and the rise of organised crime, Myanmar faces a multifaceted crisis with severe humanitarian and regional consequences
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Mar 20, 2025 ∙ 4 min
Inflation and the loss of financial capacity: A silent crisis undermining global society
Inflation has ceased to be an abstract economic phenomenon and has become a daily nightmare for millions of people worldwide.
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Mar 6, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Europe at a crossroads: Security or an arms race
The announcement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen regarding the "ReArm Europe" plan to mobilise nearly €800 billion in
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Feb 28, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Peace or business? The dark side of the Trump-Zelensky agreement
The recent announcement of an agreement between the Trump administration and the Ukrainian government, granting the United States rights to
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Feb 14, 2025 ∙ 3 min
Global institutional dismantling: A challenge to peace, justice, and sustainability
The world is witnessing a period of institutional erosion that threatens global goals, including peace and justice, economic equality, and e
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Feb 7, 2025 ∙ 3 min
The critical impact of the U.S. foreign aid suspension: A technical and strategic analysis
The U.S. administration's decision to implement a 90-day suspension on foreign aid has triggered immediate and far-reaching repercussions fo
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Jan 27, 2025 ∙ 4 min
The true responsibility of education: A call for reflection
We live in a society where the education of children has largely been seen as a responsibility of schools and teachers. However, this percep
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Jan 14, 2025 ∙ 6 min
The uncomfortable truths about human rights violations: A critical analysis of their Universal Declaration
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, is a landmark docu...
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Jan 6, 2025 ∙ 4 min
North Korean soldiers in Ukraine: A new dimension to proxy warfare
Recent reports of North Korean soldiers fighting and dying alongside Russian forces in Ukraine have sparked significant concern over the exp
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Jan 2, 2025 ∙ 4 min
Happy New Year 2050: A world with a demographic time bomb
And, well, here I am, in 2050, looking back from the future and giving you a gentle (or perhaps not-so-gentle) nudge about what we failed to
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Dec 30, 2024 ∙ 5 min
The dictatorship of social media: Exploited bodies, fractured minds and a society trapped in its own reflection
The 4th of February 2004 marked the beginning of an era in which humanity, paradoxically, became connected and fractured at the same time.
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Dec 29, 2024 ∙ 4 min
The cost of going green: Profit for the planet or for the few?
In the collective imagination, the fight against climate change and environmental degradation is driven by altruistic values and concern for
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