China and the US are talking again – so, where does the relationship go from here?
Jun 21, 2023 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views
A potentially significant meeting took place in Beijing this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Blinkens visit to Beijing was ostensibly to meet his Chinese counterpart,...
Jun 21, 2023 07:19 am UTC| Politics
In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram channel...
Jun 19, 2023 06:25 am UTC| Politics
What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in his first six months in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva now in his third nonconsecutive term ...
Ukraine war: what international law says about the Russians fighting against their own country
Jun 16, 2023 06:02 am UTC| Politics
In the weeks before Ukraines counteroffensive and as Ukraines military activity in Russian-occupied areas of its country increased in intensity there have been reports of attacks on the other side of the border directed...
Ukraine war: why Putin's appeals to masculinity to recruit for the military will not work
Jun 03, 2023 03:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Hardliners in Russia have been calling for a full-scale mobilisation for some time, but so far Vladimir Putin has resisted the temptation for a full call-up due to its expected unpopularity. Instead, Russia is attempting...
NATO must tread carefully in Southeast Asia, where painful memories of colonialism remain
Jun 01, 2023 11:44 am UTC| Politics
NATOs incursion into the Indo-Pacific region is a move that will exacerbate regional conflicts and tensions. Thats because NATO cannot be separated from the history of European colonialism and imperialism that shaped...
Jun 01, 2023 11:37 am UTC| Politics
A Chinese private equity firm, Primavera Capital Group, acquired the well-known test preparation company Princeton Review and an online learning platform, Tutor.com, in May 2023. The move, like other Chinese investments...
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