Ukraine recap: world leaders gather at Davos to make the case for more military aid to Kyiv
Jan 24, 2023 07:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Were tired of fighting Putin with rubbish kit. This recent headline in The Times was an eloquent expression of the feelings of a Ukrainian tank sergeant, part of the 24th Mechanised Brigade fighting in Bakhmut in the...
Why Russia's war in Ukraine today is so different from a year ago
Jan 24, 2023 05:29 am UTC| Politics
Vladimir Putins special military operation in Ukraine is approaching its first anniversary. The war being fought by Russian forces today is, however, very different from that being fought when it first invaded...
Ukraine recap: Putin's trip to Minsk fuels fears of a bleak and bloody new year
Dec 23, 2022 05:27 am UTC| Politics
Volodymyr Zelensky has been on his travels this week, leaving Ukraine for the first time since the invasion to fly to the US to meet with Joe Biden and address a joint sitting of Congress. The Ukrainian president impressed...
Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy: The same old starry-eyed thinking about Asian trade
Nov 30, 2022 07:27 am UTC| Politics
Canadas new Indo-Pacific strategy, announced with much fanfare by Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, marks a welcome return of common sense in place of the illusions that have dominated Canadas approach to Asia...
Ukraine war: Why the missile incident in Poland is a warning of things to come
Nov 24, 2022 06:26 am UTC| Politics
Since the beginning of November, Russia has engaged in its largest ever missile strike against Ukraines infrastructure. On Nov. 15, 2022, two civilians were killed by a stray missile in Przewodów, on Polands...
The G20 may be a talk fest, but it's a talk fest we need at a time of growing division
Nov 15, 2022 16:38 pm UTC| Politics
Last Friday, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese jetted off for a marathon of international summits, the most significant of which will be the G20, held in Bali. Forged during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis...
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...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
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