
King Coal is dethroned in the US – and that's good news for the environment
Sep 23, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
This is the worst year in decades for U.S. coal. During the first six months of 2016, U.S. coal production was down a staggering 28 percent compared to 2015, and down 33 percent compared to 2014. For the first time ever,...
Pacific pariah: how Australia’s love of coal has left it out in the diplomatic cold
Sep 23, 2016 08:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
Australias Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will have some explaining to do when he attends the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Pohnpei, Micronesia, this week. Australias continued determination to dig up coal,...

Sep 23, 2016 06:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views Central Banks
Dear readers, we had explicitly specified in our previous post toexpect more dips up to the next support only at 73.272 levels and upon breach this level, bears may even drag up to 72.239 levels again, and it seems like...
Policy versus populism: what can we expect from the first presidential debate?
Sep 23, 2016 05:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The first US presidential debate is less than a week away and while it will certainly offer spectacle and entertainment, I am hoping, perhaps naively, that the candidates will finally engage in a serious discussion of how...

Refugees, migration addressed in first-time UN summit: What was accomplished?
Sep 22, 2016 23:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This week the United Nations General Assembly held the first-ever Summit for Refugees and Migrants. According to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the summit represented a watershed moment to strengthen governance of...
Is Philippine President Duterte a threat to the peace in Southeast Asia?
Sep 22, 2016 23:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views
U.S. efforts to promote peace and stability in the South China Sea are facing a new challenge. This time, the difficulty comes not from China but from the leader of a U.S. treaty ally President Rodrigo Duterte of the...
Everything you wanted to know about US elections but were afraid to ask
Sep 22, 2016 22:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
US presidential elections are more than politics: they are now part of global popular culture, gaining a place in the publics diary of must-see events alongside those other two major quadrennial events the FIFA World Cup...