Apr 25, 2024 06:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout...
The 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution
Apr 25, 2024 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Across Portugal, a number of photography exhibitions are currently on display that commemorate the ousting of the Estado Novo, the dictatorial, authoritarian and corporatist political regime that had ruled the country...
Rishi Sunak wants to cut the cost of ‘sicknote’ Britain
Apr 25, 2024 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced a crackdown on sickness and disability benefits in order to end a sicknote culture and over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life, in part because he claims that...
Apr 25, 2024 05:05 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency Law Politics
President Joe Biden has proposed raising the capital gains tax to an unprecedented 44.6% in a bold fiscal move, targeting the wealthiest Americans. This hike is part of his 2025 budget proposal to reduce income...
Turkey’s suppression of the Kurdish political movement continues to fuel a deadly armed conflict
Apr 24, 2024 09:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The world has 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Yet 71% of the worlds population (some 5.7 billion people) are living under autocratic rule, a big jump from 48% ten years ago. This trend towards authoritarianism can...
Apr 23, 2024 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Georgias ruling party attempted to pass a controversial bill on foreign agents in March 2023. The law would have required civil society groups and the media to register as being under foreign influence if they receive...
Apr 23, 2024 07:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Though Hollywood movies about courtroom dramas often glamorize the closing arguments given by lawyers, in reality the opening statement is likely the most important single event of a trial. Such was the case in the hush...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight