by Catriona Laing | Jun 11, 2025 | Articles, Fourth Edition, International Perspectives, Policy Insights
Catriona Laing describes how we can learn from the thinking and actions of Joseph Nye and Jeremy Heywood In an age when hard power seems to be in the ascendancy, soft power might feel like the diplomatic equivalent of handwritten letters – elegant but outdated. And... 
by Victor Dominello | May 27, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Delivery, Fourth Edition, International Perspectives
True digital transformation requires reimagining the citizen experience from scratch, argues Victor Dominello, CEO of the Future Government Institute and a former New South Wales Minister for Customer Service. Editor’s Note: Across the world, governments are... 
by Kathy Hall and Gus O'Donnell | Mar 31, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, International Perspectives, The Top Articles of 2025, Third Edition
Gus O’Donnell and Kathy Hall review what the latest Blavatnik Index has to show us about comparative strengths and weaknesses Sir Chris Wormald, the new Cabinet Secretary, told Parliament earlier this year that great policymakers are “self-confident enough to... 
by Robert Chote | Oct 29, 2024 | Articles, Economy and Industry, International Perspectives, Second Edition, The Budget Collection
Robert Chote, its first full time Chairman, explains how the UK’s Budget watchdog came about, and examines some of the critiques it has faced When applications were invited to chair the Office for Budget Responsibility in the summer of 2010, I consulted two... 
by Neerav Patel | Aug 9, 2024 | A Day in the Life of…, Articles, First Edition Sneak Peek, International Perspectives
Neerav Patel on Gaza, Qatari weddings, and why it’s important to be able to play the role of a roadie I first worked for Jeremy Heywood when he was Permanent Secretary in Gordon Brown’s Downing Street. He created a scheme to install a small number of Fast...
