Why the commodities crunch could hurt stability in Latin America
Jan 14, 2016 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Much of Latin America has seen an unusually long period of relative political stability since the early 2000s. With the exception of Cuba, democratically elected governments seem embedded throughout the region. The...
Japan's outlook for 2016 still remains a mixed picture
Jan 14, 2016 11:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
Year 2016 signifies a period that will test the intrinsic value of Abenomics, which is entering its fourth year. Japans recovery remains shaky three years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abes trademark policies trying to...
Parliament urgently needs to keep tabs on Britain’s arms exports
Jan 14, 2016 10:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The aphorism that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, seems cruelly relevant to the arms trade. Its history is littered with examples of arms transfers pursued on the basis of short-term interests,...
Jan 14, 2016 06:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
GBPJPY trend has been extremely conducive for bears as we listed out series of red flags that signifies serious weakness in this pair.Weekly and monthly analysis:After forming shooting star at 186.511 it has influentially...
How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organisations
Jan 14, 2016 05:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
There is a growing incidence of toxic leadership in organisations across the world. This is clear from anecdotal evidence as well as research which suggests that one out of every five leaders is toxic. My own research...
What is literary journalism, and why did Sean Penn fail to carry it off?
Jan 14, 2016 04:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Saturday evening (US time), Rolling Stone published an interview (the first in decades) with Joaquín Guzmán Loera, best known as El Chapo, the worlds most notorious prison escapee and drug kingpin. The...
How do we ensure the next generation of workers isn't worse off than the last?
Jan 14, 2016 04:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Discussions about the future of work are clearly in the air. This week, Secretary of Labor Tom Perez is convening a three-day symposium on the issue. Simultaneously, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion about...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects