Biden and Trump agree on strong US-Israel relations – Bernie, not so much
Mar 16, 2020 06:02 am UTC| Politics
President Donald Trump has claimed for himself the title of historys most pro-Israel U.S. president, while characterizing his Democratic opponents as radicals seeking to destroy the special bond between the United States...
Nuclear war could be devastating for the US, even if no one shoots back
Mar 01, 2020 13:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The White Houses 2021 budget calls for US$28.9 billion for the Pentagon for nuclear weapons and a 20% increase to $19.8 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration. Yet the U.S. already has over 3,000...
Sanctions, a failing economy and coronavirus may cause Iran to change its involvement in Syria
Mar 01, 2020 12:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Irans emergence as a hot zone for the coronavirus further complicates that countrys relationships with its neighbours at a time when its economy is sliding deeper into recession. US President Donald Trumps maximum...
Feb 25, 2020 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The recent turn of events in Idlib, an opposition stronghold in north-western Syria undergoing bombardment by the Syrian military, has put Turkey in a difficult position. Since the end of January, Syrian regime forces have...
Feb 18, 2020 01:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, decided to terminate a prominent and unpopular military agreement with the US in early February. The move came as a direct response to Washingtons invocation of the...
Coastal GasLink pipeline dispute is a nation-to-nation matter
Feb 07, 2020 05:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
There have been two encouraging recent developments in the longstanding conflict over the proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline on the territory of the Wetsuweten nation in northern British Columbia, though matters are on very...
Feb 03, 2020 12:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
France and the U.S. have managed to avoid turning their recent trade skirmish into a war for now. The dispute involves Frances decision last summer to unilaterally reach outside the United States-French tax treaty...
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