India has never had a single dominant nationalism – and it won't any time soon

Mar 03, 2016 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Ever since Narendra Modis Bharatiya Janata Party came to power, plenty of ink and pixels have been spent trying to explain the ascendancy of Hindu nationalism in India. But while the BJPs concept of Hindutva has sparked...

Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate

Mar 03, 2016 13:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Recently published evidence submitted to the parliamentary inquiry into extremism and the governments Prevent strategy sheds light on the current debates around counter-extremism in Britain and its clear from reading the...

Oil in Global Economy Series

Oil rigs are built to withstand decades at sea – taking them apart is as tough as they are

Mar 03, 2016 13:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

More than 40 years since oil first flowed from the Forties oil field, many North Sea fields are coming to the end of their productive lives. This means that platforms must be decommissioned and dismantled, the wells...

How far should we go when depicting violence?

Mar 03, 2016 13:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views

London audiences have been horrified by the violence shown on stage in the National Theatres production of Sarah Kanes play Cleansed. The Nationals own website rather euphemistically describes the production as...

Briferendum Series

The EU holds the trump card – if the UK wants a friendly Brexit deal, it won't regain control of its borders

Mar 03, 2016 08:59 am UTC| Insights & Views

The stage is now set for the British people to vote on whether they want to remain in the European Union or to leave. Campaigners backing a Brexit would like to pretend that freedom from the meddling union is just a ballot...

Negative Rates Series

Negative rates series: sticky deposit rates, pain for banks

Mar 03, 2016 08:50 am UTC| Insights & Views

Negative rates has come to extreme scrutiny both from academics and investors, and now they are slowly being considered as more risky than benefits they provide. Following the path of smaller economies like Sweden,...

Explainer: what are the origins of today's Hindu nationalism?

Mar 03, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

In early February, a video claiming to show an anti-India rally being held at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi went viral. Police entered the campus, arresting the president of the student union,...