'One China' principle: what this interesting aspect of diplomacy means for China and Taiwan
Dec 04, 2021 01:56 am UTC| Politics
The tense triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan has emerged once again amid escalating military tensions across the Taiwan Strait. The status of the small, densely populated island off the southeast...
Trade war looms over article 16: the Northern Ireland protocol safeguard, explained
Nov 13, 2021 07:49 am UTC| Economy
David Frost, the UK Brexit minister, has expressed discontent with the implementation of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol. This is the trade arrangement at the heart of controversies over trade between the EU, Great...
Belarus: whether or not Putin is behind the border crisis, it plays into Kremlin hands
Nov 13, 2021 07:36 am UTC| Politics
The migrant crisis on Belaruss western border has escalated rapidly in recent days, forcing Poland and Lithuania to declare a state of emergency and close the borders with their neighbour. With 15,000 Polish border...
Bosnia and Herzegovina: world leaders risk renewed violence if the country breaks apart
Nov 06, 2021 08:10 am UTC| Politics
A quarter of a century since the end of the Bosnian war, Bosnia and Herzegovina is in a perilous position. People who live there are worried. After all, in the conflict that engulfed the country between 1992 and 1995, more...
After AUKUS, Russia sees a potential threat — and an opportunity to market its own submarines
Sep 24, 2021 01:16 am UTC| Politics
The global opinions on the new AUKUS security pact between Australia, the US and the UK have been decidedly mixed. China and France immediately blasted the deal, while others, such as Japan and the Philippines, were more...
Kabul bombings a dark day for Afghanistan and Joe Biden — and a harbinger of worse to come
Aug 28, 2021 05:30 am UTC| Politics
US President Joe Biden is facing the worst moment of his presidency. Thirteen US troops and at least 60 Afghan civilians have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside Kabuls main airport, for which Islamic State has...
Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion
Aug 22, 2021 01:26 am UTC| Politics
In Afghanistan, American hubris the United States capacity for self-delusion and official lying has struck once again, as it has repeatedly for the last 60 years. This weakness-masquerading-as-strength has repeatedly...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects