Feb 28, 2019 09:43 am UTC| Politics
Kim Jong-un recently met with Donald Trump again to continue the negotiations of disarming the nuclear programs that have been overseen by the North Korean leader. The two met in the Metropole hotel at Hanoi, Vietnam where...
El Salvador's new president must tackle crime, unemployment and migration — but nation is hopeful
Feb 26, 2019 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Economy
Ever since its civil war ended in 1992, El Salvador has been governed by two parties: the conservative National Republican Alliance and its former wartime enemy, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a guerrilla...
How Nigeria has got better at running elections that are freer and fairer
Feb 26, 2019 14:58 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The conduct of periodic, competitive, participatory, credible and non-violent elections is one of the main yardsticks used to determine the democratic condition of a state. As such, Nigerias 2019 general election is...
Trump vs. Congress: The emergency declaration should not be resolved in court
Feb 26, 2019 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
President Donald Trumps emergency declaration to build a border wall has provoked a constitutional confrontation with Congress. Here is the background for understanding whats at stake beginning more than two centuries...
Win or lose the next election, it may be time for the Liberals to rethink their economic narrative
Feb 26, 2019 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series...
A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk
Feb 26, 2019 14:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series...
All publicly funded research could soon be free for you, the taxpayer, to read
Feb 25, 2019 04:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
What happens to research that is funded by taxpayers? A lot ends up in subscription-only journals, protected from the eyes of most by a paywall. But a new initiative known as Plan S could change that. Plan S focuses on...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight