With Uzbekistan's dictator dead, Russia seeks to extend its influence
Sep 09, 2016 10:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
The death of Islam Karimov, a dictator who ran Uzbekistan since its creation a quarter-century ago, has kicked off a new round of geopolitical competition in Central Asia. Despite the rise of China in the region, Russia...
Global Geopolitical Series: Tensions rise between America and Philippines
Sep 06, 2016 07:38 am UTC| Commentary
Philippines new president Rodrigo Duterte triggered a diplomatic riftwhen he cursed President Obama and called him a son of a whore, after receiving weeks of criticism over his war on drugs, in which around 2000 people...
What next for British border controls in Calais?
Sep 03, 2016 11:17 am UTC| Insights & Views
During the EU referendum campaign, David Cameron suggested that Britains border control in France might not survive Brexit. Now, with an upturn in the number of irregular migrants in the Calais area, there is growing...
What the G20 is doing – and why it matters
Sep 03, 2016 10:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
As the leaders of the worlds 19 biggest economies and the European Union meet in the beautiful southern Chinese city of Hangzhou for the culmination of Chinas year at the helm of the G20, it pays to ask exactly what theyre...
Does TPP's slow death mean the world is now unsafe for trade deals?
Sep 02, 2016 06:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
It seems that the world has become unsafe for trade agreements. In particular, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major new trade deal among the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, has become a political...
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership dead? Six essential reads
Aug 30, 2016 09:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President Obama plans to make a last-ditch push to get Congress to approve his signature Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal by urging senators to pass it in a lame-duck session after the election. The chances of...
How victims of terror are remembered distorts perceptions of safety
Aug 29, 2016 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Are Americans safe from terrorism? Forty-nine dead in Orlando, five in Dallas and three in Baton Rouge in 2016. Twelve dead in San Bernardino, three at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and nine at a...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects