What is classified information, and who gets to decide?
May 17, 2017 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Before coming to academia, I worked for many years as an analyst at both the State Department and the Department of Defense. I held a top secret clearance, frequently worked with classified information and participated...
Donald Trump fires FBI director and a new national nightmare takes hold
May 11, 2017 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Ever since Donald Trump took office amid revelations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and his teams connections with the Kremlin, a monumental political time-bomb has been steadily ticking. But things took an...
US under Trump Series: President Trump fires FBI director James Comey
May 10, 2017 05:03 am UTC| Commentary
US President Donald Trump has fired the director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey; a move that came too suddenly but not too surprisingly. This is the first time a President has fired that FBI director...
Obamacare repeal vote shows power of US hard right
May 07, 2017 09:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, Republicans have attempted to repeal it. In March, the first attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare under President Trump failed, as both...
Should India's skilled workers worry about new US visa policies?
May 04, 2017 12:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In his latest border-closing move, US President Donald Trump issued an April 18 executive order to review the H1-B visa program, which enables educated migrants with specific skills to work temporarily in the...
US under Trump Series: Second quarter growth projected at 4.3 percent
May 02, 2017 11:22 am UTC| Commentary Economy
After data from Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) showed last week that the US economy expanded at a much slower pace than anticipated, the Atlanta Feds GDPNow model is projecting a growth of 4.3 percent annualized rate in...
Redesigning NAFTA is not a bad idea if workers rather than vested interests win
May 01, 2017 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Late April saw an odd couple of days for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 23-year-old deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico. At the start of Thursday April 27, President Donald Trumps...
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
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight