Piers Purdy is a former editorial manager (2016-2017) and ongoing collaborator with democraciaAbierta. He is a researcher, writer and political analyst and is interested in international development, civil conflict and public policy. He holds a BA in Politics from the University of Nottingham, and a Masters in International Relations from the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). He tweets at @pierspurdy.
Piers Purdy fue gerente de redacción (2016-2017) y actualmente colabarador de democraciaAbierta. Investigador, escritor y analista politico de desarollo internacional, conflictos civiles y políticas públicas. Tiene un grado en Políticas por la Universidad de Nottingham y un Master en Relaciones internacionales por el institut Barcelona d'Estudis internacionals. Twitea en @pierspury
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe fight for human rights continues across the Middle East
As governments have become more powerful, helped by Western companies and governments, civil society is finding it...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhat we missed when the world's eyes fell on Standing Rock
It is too early too see the environmental impacts of the Dakota Access Pipeline. But Standing Rock learned a lot...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Is it time we had an international framework for unilateral secession?
The current UN Charter is unsuitable, outdated and preoccupied with the era of decolonisation, which posed very...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaFinding a cure to the resource curse
Ghana outstrips Uganda on most indicators of democracy, development and governance, yet Uganda is much stronger when...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow to build trust in the Middle East
Timur takes us through nearly a thousand years of history, as he traces the Middle East's persistent...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNorth America is your future
Economic globalisation, as a process, ended around 2008. So what does the future global economic landscape look like?