Will the Paris Olympics be a terrorist target? These three factors could be key

Jun 20, 2024 05:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports

In recent months, Islamic State has escalated its calls to attack sporting events in Europe. Governments are increasingly concerned about the specific threat the terrorist group poses to the upcoming Paris Olympics and...

Central Banking Series

Please stop obsessing over words. It’s quite simple: the RBA thinks inflation is too high

Jun 20, 2024 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks Economy

These days every word of every statement from the Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock is pored over in minute detail as is every word uttered at her press conference after each Reserve Bank board meeting. Desperate...

The renaming of universities and campus buildings reflects changing attitudes and values

Jun 20, 2024 05:38 am UTC| Insights & Views

As protests have swept across university campuses calling on higher education institutions to break ties with Israel over the war in Gaza, one tactic that protesters used to raise awareness of the wars devastating human...

Ukraine summit fails to provide a path to peace for Kyiv and its allies

Jun 20, 2024 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views

Was the the first so-called Summit on Peace in Ukraine, held in Switzerland on June 15 to 16, a failure? Certainly not, if you listen to the fairly upbeat reactions of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his western...

Why legacy media brands still matter in the UK’s ‘social media’ election

Jun 20, 2024 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

For decades, the front pages of newspapers have documented iconic campaign moments. Now, many think that the internet (particularly social media platforms) is where an election is won or lost. Some have even dubbed this...

Royal Mail takeover has benefits but poses risk to those reliant on UK’s national postal service

Jun 20, 2024 05:37 am UTC| Insights & Views

Selling a British institution to a foreign billionaire is a big deal. In the case of Royal Mail, that deal is not yet done, but the companys board has agreed to the move in principle. The 508-year-old postal service,...

G7 overcomes internal wrangling and ‘irrelevance’ barbs to strike US$50 deal to support Ukraine

Jun 20, 2024 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

In the 26 months since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the west has been riven with disagreement about how much and what support it will provide for Volodymyr Zelenskys government. There are two main reasons for...