South Korea's next president faces a belligerent north and a confused US
May 05, 2017 01:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
South Korea is under serious pressure on two fronts. Internationally, Seoul and its allies are scrambling to head off the threat from North Korea, which some fear is ramping up for another nuclear test but the South...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump-Putin talks geo-politics over phone
May 03, 2017 07:07 am UTC| Commentary
US President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin had a cordial discussion regarding geopolitics around the world in a phone call that was described as businesslike and constructive by Moscow and a good one by...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump might meet Kim Jong-un under right circumstances
May 02, 2017 09:52 am UTC| Commentary
The US President Donald Trump, in an interview with the Bloomberg, said that he would meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and he would be honored to do so when the circumstances are right. He said in an Oval Office...
Moody's: Geopolitical risk for Korea broadens on rise in risk of conflict on peninsula
May 02, 2017 00:58 am UTC| Research & Analysis
Moodys says that the escalation of tensions between the North Korean regime and the new US administration broadens the nature of geopolitical risk for Korea (Aa2 stable), which is the most salient event risk for the...
Global Geo-political Series: Russia backs China UNSC resolution but no agreement yet
May 01, 2017 08:05 am UTC| Commentary
As the tensions in the Korean Peninsula continues to simmer, countries in the region including Japan, China, Russia, and South Korea have urged both the United States and North Korea to tone down their war rhetoric and to...
Global Geo-political Series: US-Philippines relation improves under Trump
May 01, 2017 07:59 am UTC| Commentary
The relation between the Philippines and the United States looks to be improving under the new administration headed by President Donald Trump after it dipped to the lowest point decades under President Barrack Obama....
How crossing the US-Mexico border became a crime
May 01, 2017 03:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
It was not always a crime to enter the United States without authorization. In fact, for most of American history, immigrants could enter the United States without official permission and not fear criminal prosecution...
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