How the political crises of the modern Muslim world created the climate for Islamic State
Mar 02, 2016 02:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Harith Bin Ramli, Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College Teaching Fellow, SOAS, University of London How do we account for forces and events that paved the way for the emergence of Islamic State? Our series on the...
Is a constitutional challenge to Senate voting reforms likely to succeed?
Mar 02, 2016 01:55 am UTC| Law Politics
The response of those senators whose re-election is threatened by the proposed Senate voting reforms has been to lash out with claims of unconstitutionality and threaten High Court challenges. Are these reforms vulnerable...
Iran's cynical pandering to its ethnic minorities will do it no good
Mar 01, 2016 16:40 pm UTC| Politics
Irans parliamentary election has yielded a victory for the so-called reformists, an apparent vote of confidence in Hasan Rouhanis relatively moderate government after the deal to curb Tehrans nuclear weapons programme. But...
Are 'extremist' candidates electable?
Mar 01, 2016 16:28 pm UTC| Politics
Can extremist candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump win general elections? Are they electable? The correct answer sounds like a cop-out. It depends. Most importantly, it depends on the state of the...
Candidates' plans to change controversial H-1B guestworker program highlight need for an overhaul
Mar 01, 2016 16:27 pm UTC| Politics Law
Since its inception in 1990, the H-1B guestworker program that allows employers to bring in high-skilled foreign workers on six-year visas has been steeped in controversy. The program has been the subject of dozens of...
Fifield wants media ownership changes passed before the election
Mar 01, 2016 15:56 pm UTC| Law Politics
The government wants to push the biggest overhaul of Australias media laws in a generation through parliament before the election, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield says. Fifield on Tuesday unveiled the...
Elizabeth Warren is savvy not to endorse Clinton or Sanders
Mar 01, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Politics
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the most sought-after endorsement in the raucous Democratic presidential primary contest. Its all bit odd for a senator who has been in office only since 2012 and who beat...
Why Africa’s young scientists should help check the quality of climate change research