David Held

David Held is master of University College, Durham University, professor of politics and international relations there. He is also a Director of Polity Press and General Editor of Global Policy journal.

Globalisation: the dangers and the answers

1. The crisis of globalisation 2. The Washington Consensus 3. From the Washington Security Agenda to a human one 4. Towards a New Global Covenant 5. A Global Social Democratic

By David Held

/ 26 May 2004

Return to the state of nature

Wrong war. Wrong reasoning. Wrong priorities. Wrong timing. The war against Iraq is worse than reaching a dead end in geopolitical affairs; it is in danger of dragging us back

By David Held

/ 20 Mar 2003

Davos: a view from the summit

Something funny happened on the way to the Forum. Actually, something funny happened at the Forum. At first glance the 2002 meeting of the World Economic Forum relocated to New

By David Held

/ 13 Feb 2002

Globalisation: the argument of our time

Two scholars of globalisation clash over its nature, its originality today and its likely future.

By David Held and Paul Hirst

/ 22 Jan 2002

9/11: What should we do now?

The purpose of terrorism is to frighten you. 11-Oct-01 Tim Garden writes: In most counter-terrorist operations, the military are always subservient to the forces of law and order and the

By Mary Kaldor, David Held, Scilla Elworthy, S Sayyid and Tim Garden

/ 10 Oct 2001

New war, new justice

The attacks on the World Trade Centre and on the Pentagon were a global crime against humanity. The victims were people of all nationalities, ethnicities and religious faiths. The perpetrators

By Mary Kaldor and David Held

/ 27 Sep 2001

Violence and justice in a global age

The greatest Enlightenment philosopher, Immanuel Kant, wrote over two hundred years ago that we are ‘unavoidably side by side’. A violent abrogation of law and justice in one place has

By David Held

/ 13 Sep 2001