What does 'America first' mean for American economic interests?
Feb 01, 2017 15:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In his inauguration speech, Donald Trump used the phrase America first to describe his approach to governance. Trumps speech, of course, was not the first time that we have heard this phrase. Historically, politicians...
Trump's first Supreme Court pick – will he make it to the bench?
Feb 01, 2017 14:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
When staunchly conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in March 2016, the highest court in the land draped mourning crpe across his chair. With all the tools at their disposal, Senate Republicans made...
US under Trump Series: Trump has supports of Republican senate and congress
Feb 01, 2017 09:39 am UTC| Commentary
Last weekend, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants from seven countries around the world, which are predominantly Muslim countries but all are from war-torn regions and where terrorists are...
US under Trump Series: Trump’s trade advisor brands Germany as currency exploiter
Jan 31, 2017 12:39 pm UTC| Commentary
Speaking to the Financial Times, Peter Navarro whom President Trump picked to head the new National Trade Council said that the euro is grossly undervalued and it is more like an implicit Deutsche Mark giving Germany...
What Dump Starbucks Online Protests Tell Us?
Jan 31, 2017 12:24 pm UTC| Commentary Politics
After President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning immigrants/refugees from seven countries on Saturday, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized the ban in an open letter to its employees and the company...
US under Trump Series: This is why courts would fail to uphold restrictions on Trump’s travel ban
Jan 31, 2017 10:33 am UTC| Commentary
Backlashes are rising in the U.S. courts as four federal judges issued rulings to scale back the travel ban issued by the President Donald Trump last weekend. President Trump halted arrival of immigrants from seven...
US under Trump Series: Many Americans like Trump’s travel ban order
Jan 31, 2017 08:32 am UTC| Commentary
US President Donald Trumps executive orders banning immigrants from seven countries namely Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen has triggered a global outrage and sparked protest at airport and streets in...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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