A law professor assesses the EU plan to send asylum seekers back to Turkey
Mar 21, 2016 14:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
The EU and Turkey have finally reached an agreement to reduce the number of migrants and refugees coming to the European Union. The central pillar of the deal is that anyone arriving in Greece across the sea from Turkey...
Mar 21, 2016 13:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
At around the time when you will probably read this, Tim Cook will be waiting in the wings at an event in which he is expected to announce the launch of a new smaller iPhone that will reverse slowing sales. This comes just...
ASEAN: leadership the Southeast Asian way
Mar 21, 2016 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views
US President Barack Obama is about to play host to the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). While this motley collection of autocrats, kleptocrats, and even some democrats will no doubt welcome...
Iron ore still has an important role to play in Australia's economy
Mar 21, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
Despite the recent increase in prices, there is still a sense of gloom and doom around the price of iron ore. However, increasing demand from developing economies for steel will eventually see demand catch up with supply...
There's a long tradition of mothers offering architects the first big commission
Mar 21, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
One of the very first pieces of advice you receive in architecture school is Never Work For Family: the risks are too great, runs the argument, theres too much emotion and too much money at stake, and youre at the mercy of...
Looking beyond 'the refugee crisis', can migrants be the new agents of democracy?
Mar 21, 2016 07:21 am UTC| Insights & Views
Over the last few decades, the focus on migration has widened beyond a narrow preoccupation with integration a positive development. However, while issues of migration and development, migration and securitisation,...
Algorithms are changing business: here's how to leverage them
Mar 21, 2016 04:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
When Googles algorithm AlphaGo beat South Korean Go Grandmaster Lee Se-dol by 4-1 last week, it was a significant event in the world of algorithms and artificial intelligence. This is because it represented a new form of...
‘We have thousands of Modis’: the secret behind the BJP’s enduring success in India