Oct 12, 2023 07:19 am UTC| Politics
Israel is widely recognized as having highly sophisticated intelligence capabilities, both in terms of its ability to collect information about potential threats within its own country and outside of it. And so as details...
China: why Beijing has decided this is the year to 'unify' with Taiwan
Oct 11, 2023 04:16 am UTC| Politics
The likelihood of China using military force to reunify Taiwan is growing. Some believe the Chinese government could use military action to distract its population from troubles at home after Chinas economic growth fell...
War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan
Oct 11, 2023 04:16 am UTC| Politics
U.S. defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese President Xi Jinping is determined to gain control over the breakaway...
Oct 11, 2023 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
Saudi Arabias cabinet recently approved the decision to join the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This could be a signal that Riyadh, with all its energy reserves, is choosing sides in the Ukraine war....
Oct 11, 2023 04:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
An encounter in which a Chinese naval ship cut across the path of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on June 3, 2023, has both Beijing and Washington pointing fingers at each other. It was the second near miss in the...
Oct 11, 2023 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Hamas surprise attack on Southern Israel on 7 October marks the bloodiest assault the state has sustained since its creation in 1948. At the time of writing, the death toll on the Israeli side has reached 900. In Gaza,...
Israeli hostages will undoubtedly be used as human shields in brutal Hamas-Israel war
Oct 11, 2023 03:44 am UTC| Insights & Views
It is usually quite difficult to get people and things in and out of Gaza. Until this weekend. Thousands of rockets poured out of Gaza, and more than 100 Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas. Gilad Erdan, Israels...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight