Backwater blues: how populism reveals rural resentment in the US and Europe
Jan 07, 2017 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
How could Trump win? After the US election, media everywhere started churning out explanations to understand a victory they failed to see coming. A consensus appears to be that Trump won because his populist message...
Trump's business conflicts show it's not always plain sailing for family firms
Jan 07, 2017 03:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Most family businesses dont have to work out how they will survive the boss taking over as president of the United States. Donald Trump has been forced to distance himself from the family firm since winning the US...
U.S. under Trump Series: Brace for Trump vs. Spy showdown
Jan 06, 2017 11:56 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Brace for impact. Expect major tussles between the newly elected President of the United States Donald Trump and the spy agencies of the United States under the new administrations. While most of them are likely to...
Does nonpartisan journalism have a future?
Jan 06, 2017 02:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally guilty of all offenses. The 2016 campaign stressed that model to the breaking point with one candidate ...
Ramaphosa has what it takes to fix South Africa's ailing ANC. But ...
Jan 05, 2017 19:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
South Africas deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed his availability to contest the presidency of the governing ANC at its 54th national conference later this year. He has already secured the endorsement of the...
Brexit, comedy and 'Britishness' – what to do when parody becomes real
Jan 05, 2017 13:30 pm UTC| Entertainment Politics
If as it is said comedy is tragedy plus the benefit of time, sometimes time allows things to come full circle. When in 1999 Edward and Tubbs, characters from the BBCs The League of Gentlemen, declared their Royston Vasey...
Erdoğan could be losing his grip on a dangerous, divided Turkey
Jan 05, 2017 11:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Turkeys New Year was marred by a terrorist attack, claimed by the so-called Islamic State (IS), that killed 39 people and injured many more at a famous nightclub in Istanbul. After nearly two years of deadly incidents and...