Author profile

Ilan Kapoor

Ilan Kapoor is Professor of Critical Development Studies at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University in Toronto. He is the author of seven books on global politics and critical development studies, and a regular op-ed contributor, including for Al Jazeera and The Conversation.

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Europe’s AI Revolution Runs on Public Infrastructure

Ilan Kapoor

One planned German data centre will draw as much electricity as 600,000 households and employ around 120 people.

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FIFA Has Made World Cup Tickets a Financial Instrument

Ilan Kapoor

Ghost tickets, surge pricing, and resale fees reveal how football’s biggest event now profits from its own fans.

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The Global South Cannot Afford to Quit Fossil Fuels

Ilan Kapoor

Renewables have won the cost argument, yet poorer nations still pay a steep premium to deploy them.

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Washington’s Russia U-Turn Exposes the Real Logic of Sanctions

Ilan Kapoor

The easing of Russian oil restrictions amid the Iran crisis reveals sanctions as tools of power, not justice.