With wariness on both sides, the US strikes a more conciliatory note on China
Mar 28, 2017 11:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
A core question in Australian foreign policy circles is how the Trump administration will deal with an increasingly powerful China. The news that US President Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to a...
UN Meets To Discuss Banning Nukes, US Leads Protest Against Nuclear Disarmament
Mar 28, 2017 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
Nuclear weapons are by far the most destructive weapons that humanity has ever devised, which is why a lot of people are troubled by the fact that both the US and Russia still have thousands of them. The UN is about to...
Russia and Iran's growing cooperation hints at a new Middle East
Mar 27, 2017 09:20 am UTC| Insights & Views
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, will meet for the eighth time in four years from March 27 to 29. According to the Tehran Times, both sides are preparing more than ten documents...
German election: Merkel’s CDU wins big in regional election
Mar 27, 2017 08:33 am UTC| Commentary Politics
The final crucial election in the European continent will take place in Germany on September 24th. Incumbent German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping to become Germanys longest serving chancellor by winning the fourth...
Global Geo-political Series: US imposes new sanctions on eight Russian companies
Mar 27, 2017 06:11 am UTC| Commentary
Over the weekend the US State department announced that it is imposing new sanctions on 30 companies around the world of which 8 companies are of Russian origin and 11 are from China. The State department cited an existing...
FBI's Russia probe threatens a reckoning for team Trump
Mar 24, 2017 07:34 am UTC| Insights & Views
So now we know: the FBI has for months been investigating not only Russian interference in the US presidential election, but also Russian contacts with members of the Trump campaign team. Its scope includes the possibility...
Terror in London: Western cities will always be vulnerable to these attacks
Mar 23, 2017 06:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Just when the Western world had absorbed the shock of a truck bombing in Berlin in December that claimed 12 lives, it is reminded again of the dangers of lone-wolf attacks inspired by Islamic State (IS) that are almost...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects