Five reasons why Trump’s Republican opponents were never going to beat him
Feb 20, 2024 11:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trumps inexorable march to the 2024 Republican presidential nomination has sparked plenty of second-guessing. What could his opponents, including former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and Florida governor Ron...
Feb 20, 2024 11:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On February 20 and 21, Julian Assange will ask the High Court of England and Wales to reverse a decision from June last year allowing the United Kingdom to extradite him to the United States. There he faces multiple...
Who was Robert Badinter, the most important Frenchman you never heard of?
Feb 20, 2024 11:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
At the end of a class on the fundamental principles of law that I was teaching to first-year law students, a group of students approached me and asked: But who is this Robert Badinter you speak of so often? Every time I...
Disinformation threatens global elections – here’s how to fight back
Feb 16, 2024 07:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
With over half the worlds population heading to the polls in 2024, disinformation season is upon us and the warnings are dire. The World Economic Forum declared misinformation a top societal threat over the next two years...
Vladimir Putin’s history war where truth is the first casualty
Feb 16, 2024 07:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Kremlins decision to sanction several UK historians for their allegedly erroneous coverage of Russian history shows the extent to which Vladimir Putins regime is doubling down on its view of Ukraine as historically...
Feb 15, 2024 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The recent release of a leaked transcript of a private WhatsApp group for Jewish writers, artists, musicians and academics has stirred a controversy that has led to threats of violence, a family in hiding, and the...
Tasmania is going to an early election. Will the country’s last Liberal state be no more?
Feb 15, 2024 06:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After months of speculation about an early election and a battle to keep minority government alive, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff Australias last remaining Liberal Premier has called an election for March 23, three...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects