What is the difference between a populist and a dictator? The ancient Greeks have answers

Oct 31, 2022 08:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Giorgia Meloni is Italys new prime minister. Her party, Fratelli dItalia, received 26% of the vote and, as part of a far-right coalition, now controls a majority in both chambers of the legislature. According to Stern...

Multiparty democracy is in trouble in South Africa – collapsing coalitions are a sure sign

Oct 31, 2022 08:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

South Africas 28-year-old, continuously transforming multiparty democracy was reminded of its own fragility when, in September, a coalition running its biggest city, Johannesburg, collapsed. The speaker and the mayor lost...

Americans who aren't sure about God are a fast-growing force in politics – and they're typically even more politically active than white evangelicals

Oct 31, 2022 08:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Its hard to remember now, given the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the day after votes were cast, one theme stood out: voter turnout. Every state in the nation saw higher turnout in 2020 than...

The Ukraine conflict is a war of narratives – and Putin's is crumbling

Oct 31, 2022 08:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

People understand the world that is, where we came from, how we got here and where we are likely to go through the stories we tell about ourselves and others. Indeed, the political and social environments in which we are...

Andrew Tate: how the 'manosphere' influencer is selling extreme masculinity to young men

Oct 31, 2022 08:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

An online search of how to be a man leads to nearly 130 million hits and over 12 million videos. Many of these promise hacks or some big secret to attain the pinnacle of masculinity. Spend enough time looking through this...

Global Geopolitics Series

Ukraine recap: the approach of 'General Winter' and what it means for the conflict

Oct 31, 2022 08:51 am UTC| Insights & Views

The next couple of weeks is likely to see Ukraines weather taking a turn for the worse, bringing first rain and then, as temperatures plummet, increasingly heavy snowfalls. General Winter has always had an important part...

Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies

Oct 31, 2022 08:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Business

Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming its not an issue and solutions are too...