Global Geopolitics Series

How Cold War anxieties still shape our world today

Sep 20, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views

World War II led to the massive mobilisation of all the people and resources nations could bring to bear. This was total war on a global scale, producing a new sense among nations that their fates were interconnected. New...

What's the point of maths research? It's the abstract nonsense behind tomorrow's breakthroughs

Sep 20, 2016 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Whenever I tell people Im a mathematical researcher, Im usually met with some form of bewilderment. Occasionally thats followed by the immediate end of the conversation. If there is a follow-up question, its usually not...

Global Geopolitics Series

The saga of Britain's arms sales to Saudi Arabia hits a disturbing new low

Sep 20, 2016 01:09 am UTC| Insights & Views

The recent parliamentary bunfight over UK arms export policy towards Saudi Arabia illustrates the governments boundless ability to mangle the meaning of simple words. Under the 2008 EU Common Position on arms exports,...

Welcome to Masdar City: the ultimate experiment in sustainable urban living

Sep 20, 2016 00:40 am UTC| Insights & Views

Ten years ago in the United Arab Emirates, a new settlement was started from scratch, with the aim of becoming the worlds most sustainable city. Masdar City was designed to be zero-carbon and zero-waste, home to a...

Academics are unhappy – it's time to transform our troubled university system

Sep 20, 2016 00:20 am UTC| Insights & Views

Australian academics are an unhappy lot. Numerous surveys, books and articles have drawn attention to this over the years. The primary complaint is employment insecurity. This applies particularly to the reserve army of...

FOMC September meeting preview

Sep 19, 2016 11:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks

The probability the market attaches to a rate rise at FOMC decision due Wednesday now stands at just 20 percent. While the recent run of US economic data has reduced the likelihood of a rate hike at Wednesdays meeting, the...

FxWirePro: RBNZ likely to stay pat but to deliver balanced minutes - 1w IV still stimulates call writers advantages

Sep 19, 2016 07:41 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The OCR is biased lower, but like the consensus and market, we dont expect action at the OCR Reviewon Thursday.Further easing will be signalled the NZD is too deflationary to ignore, and doing nothing would send it...