Trump's attempts to ban TikTok and other Chinese tech undermine global democracy
Aug 14, 2020 15:40 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Trump administration aims to purge Chinese tech companies from the United States, and that has consequences for all of us. U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration recently issued three new national...
Israel suspends formal annexation of the West Bank, but its controversial settlements continue
Aug 14, 2020 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Editors note: In a historic agreement announced by President Trump on Aug. 13, Israel has suspended its plan to formally annex parts of the contested West Bank territory, in exchange for establishing full diplomatic...
Nuclear threats are increasing – here's how the US should prepare for a nuclear event
Aug 09, 2020 22:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
On the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, some may like to think the threat from nuclear weapons has receded. But there are clear signs of a growing nuclear arms race and that the U.S. is not very...
US-China tensions give Southeast Asian nations reason to find other partners elsewhere
Aug 09, 2020 22:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As tensions between the US and China intensify, Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia, should rethink their ties with the two great powers. They should lessen their dependency on the two countries by strengthening...
Tencent targetted in US-China tech war
Aug 08, 2020 16:01 pm UTC| Economy
US President Donald Trump has issued executive orders that would ban messaging app WeChat and short-form video app TikTok in the US in 45 days if their parent companies do not sell them. The announcement sent shares of...
Why Indonesia's aggressive stance on China in South China Sea may fall short
Aug 01, 2020 15:02 pm UTC| Politics
Defying the global COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese fishing fleets with the support of armed Chinese Coast Guard ships have been penetrating Indonesias territory in the past few months. The move is part of Chinas growing...
When great powers fail, New Zealand and other small states must organise to protect their interests
Jul 24, 2020 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
News that the bad boys of Brexit have been hired by New Zealand First to work on the partys social media strategy is simultaneously amusing and ominous. Famous for the Leave.EU campaign in the UK, the duo of Aaron Banks...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects