Understanding populism: how leaders can better sell economic reform
Feb 15, 2017 07:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Economic policies are seldom an easy sell. Think of the governments continued attempts to get the crossbench to help pass its unpopular corporate tax cuts. Economic issues matter to Australians. Issues such as housing...
Feb 13, 2017 10:10 am UTC| Commentary
After hosting Japanese Prime Minister last week at the White House and at President Trumps Mar-a-Lago golf resort over the weekend, President Trump will host two other foreign leaders in Washington this week; Canadian...
Forget sanctions, reining in North Korea will need a whole new approach
Feb 13, 2017 08:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
North Korea has launched its first ballistic missile since the start of Donalds Trumps presidency, just as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the US to shore up support for the alliance between the two countries....
Global Geo-political Series: Trump-Trudeau meeting next week
Feb 10, 2017 04:48 am UTC| Commentary
According to statements from the White House, US President Donald Trump is set to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday. This is the first meeting between the two nations, since Mr. Trumps election win in...
Where did the idea of an 'Islamic bomb' come from?
Feb 09, 2017 14:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The heavily freighted idea of an Islamic bomb has been around for some decades now. The notion behind it is that a nuclear weapon developed by an Islamic nation would automatically become the Islamic worlds shared property...
FxWirePro: A glimpse over dollar hedging after Trump’s first move and Fed’s monetary policy
Feb 07, 2017 11:32 am UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The FOMC statement in the recent monetary policy meeting explains for no urgency for rate hikes, while the jobs data give Fed some breathing room. The February 1st FOMC statement reiterated the Committees outlook for...
Should we really be so afraid of a nuclear North Korea?
Feb 06, 2017 17:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The common thinking is that North Koreas nuclear programme poses a threat to global peace and diverts economic resources from an impoverished population. North Korean leaders are depicted in the Western media as a cabal of...
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