Fitch: Korea Election Result Raises Reform Implementation Risks
Apr 15, 2016 04:20 am UTC| Research & Analysis Politics
The South Korean government will find it more difficult to implement key structural reforms to boost long-term productivity, after the governing party lost in recently held elections, says Fitch Ratings. South Koreas...
Crossing the river by feeling the stones: democracy's advance in China
Apr 15, 2016 01:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Renowned as one of Chinas leading political thinkers, Yu Keping from Peking University featured in this years Encounter hosted by the Sydney Democracy Network (SDN) at the University of Sydney on April 12. His article is a...
Grattan on Friday: Turnbull sees even a difficult new Senate as an opportunity for a fresh start
Apr 14, 2016 23:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Malcolm Turnbull says bluntly that he expects the coming special Senate sitting to reject the industrial legislation. Labors Penny Wong indicates the opposition wont be playing silly buggers by trying to delay the...
How the rich helped create 2016's angry populism
Apr 14, 2016 23:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The author F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that the rich are different than you and me. Fitzgeralds observation rings especially true today. The growing divide between the wealthy and everyone else is one of the...
Free trade is once again tearing apart the Republican Party
Apr 14, 2016 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Free trade has become the Republican elephant in the room, thanks to Donald Trump. The GOP front-runner has helped make trade one of the hot-button issues of the 2016 presidential race. And its tearing the Republican...
Ukraine: a counter revolution could be under way in Kiev
Apr 14, 2016 16:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraines unruly parliament, voted on April 14 to accept the resignation of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, leader of the Peoples Front party. The prime minister, who has been in post since the Euromaidan uprising in...
Choice of Vote Leave as lead Brexit group paves way for legitimacy questions
Apr 14, 2016 14:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Electoral Commission has selected Vote Leave as one of the two lead campaigns in the European referendum. The nature and circumstance of this decision have highlighted the complexities associated with exercises in...