US Election Series: Republican establishment cowers before Trump
Nov 02, 2016 08:21 am UTC| Commentary Politics
TheRepublican establishment, which includes senator like John McCain, Mitt Romney, and to some extent house speaker Paul Ryan, which tried their very best to undermine the candidacy of Donald Trump has fallen to the GOP...

Markets prepare in fear for "President Trump"
Nov 02, 2016 07:30 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Since last Friday, the dollar has been struggling against all of its major trading counterparts, equities have been weaker, the yen has started gaining some grounds and the bond yields are once again moving lower. All in...
Restoring transparency and fairness to the FBI investigation of Clinton emails
Nov 01, 2016 05:06 am UTC| Law Politics
The New York Times and other national media sources are reporting that late Sunday night, the FBI obtained a search warrant to examine email messages belonging to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The messages were stored on a...
The media shutdown in Turkey continues – and silences the Kurdish voice
Oct 31, 2016 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After a period of relative calm between the Turkish army and the PKK ended in July 2015, political tension and military confrontation have returned. Yet the current situation is suffering from a distinct lack of coverage...
Drug prices: Where do we go after the Election?
Oct 31, 2016 10:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics
Martin Shkreli. Valeant Pharmaceuticals. Mylan. These names have become big news, but just a year ago, most Americans devoted little time and attention to the question of pharmaceutical pricing. Now, a Kaiser Health...

Hillary Clinton, Julian Assange and the US election
Oct 31, 2016 10:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The following field note will shortly appear in Germanys Die Zeit. It is a brief commentary on the factual errors and misjudgements of numerous journalists when reporting the role recently played by Julian Assange and...
US Election Series: Obama's legacy – lawlessness, ISIS and corruption
Oct 31, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Commentary Politics
President Barrack Obama is about to end his term in less than 90 days being as one of the worst President in the history of the United States. In terms of job approval rating, he is not the worst but not farfrom the worst....