Global Geopolitics Series

Ukraine recap: the approach of 'General Winter' and what it means for the conflict

Oct 31, 2022 08:51 am UTC| Insights & Views

The next couple of weeks is likely to see Ukraines weather taking a turn for the worse, bringing first rain and then, as temperatures plummet, increasingly heavy snowfalls. General Winter has always had an important part...

Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies

Oct 31, 2022 08:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life Business

Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming its not an issue and solutions are too...

Global Geopolitics Series

Should the West negotiate with Russia? The pros and cons of high-level talks

Oct 31, 2022 08:47 am UTC| Insights & Views

With progressive members of the US Congress recently calling for a resumption of direct talks between the West and Vladimir Putins Russia, its a good time to consider how such talks could look and what might be gained or...

Schools in England are facing bankruptcy – here's what the government could do to help

Oct 31, 2022 08:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

We have barely reached the autumn half term and school leaders are already beginning to worry about what the academic year beginning in September 2023 will hold. The combined effect of the cost of living crisis with...

Iran: protesters call for move to a non-religious state. What changes would that bring?

Oct 31, 2022 08:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

My friend was in Tehran during protests after the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police (Gasht-e Ershad). My friend went into a grocery shop intending to buy milk. The seller refused to sell...

Japan's 'waste not, want not' philosophy has deep religious and cultural roots, from monsters and meditation to Marie Kondo's tidying up

Oct 31, 2022 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views

The word waste is often frightening. People fear not making the most of their time, whether at work or at leisure, and failing to live life to the fullest. Warnings against waste run especially deep in Japanese culture....

American voters are angry – that is a good thing for voter turnout, bad thing for democracy

Oct 31, 2022 08:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Regardless of whether they live in a red state or a blue state, identify as Democrats or Republicans, or claim to be ideologically liberal or conservative, Americans have one thing in common. They are angry especially...