Uncivil society: how the political has become personal in our everyday lives

Nov 19, 2019 03:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Life

All I wanted to talk about was extraterrestrials should we be trying to make contact with intelligent alien beings? I spent a week asking people this question in London as an exhibitor at The Royal Society Summer Science...

UK election 2019: partisan press is pulling out all the stops against Labour

Nov 19, 2019 03:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The idea that theres no such thing as bad publicity could well be tested in the UKs 2019 election campaign. So could the proposition that the only worse thing than people talking about you is people not talking about you,...

Bolivian lithium: why you should not expect any 'white gold rush' in the wake of Morales overthrow

Nov 19, 2019 03:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales shows how the politics of environmentalism and social justice intersect in a silvery-white metal. As Morales flew to exile in Mexico, commentators wondered what will become...

How the Armenian diaspora forged coalitions to push for genocide recognition

Nov 19, 2019 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

When Turkeys president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the White House on November 13, he said a landmark resolution passed by the House of Representatives in October recognising the Armenian genocide had hurt deeply the...

These four decisions by the opposition could deliver Boris Johnson a majority in this election

Nov 19, 2019 02:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Our latest poll of polls shows that the Conservatives are moving into a possibly decisive lead over their rivals in voting intentions for the UK election. This is in large part because Brexit Party support is collapsing....

How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 5 questions answered

Nov 19, 2019 02:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

In every other developed democratic country, the role of ambassador, with only very rare exceptions, is given to career diplomats who have spent decades learning the art of international relations. In the U.S., however,...

Chile's political crisis is another brutal legacy of long-dead dictator Pinochet

Nov 19, 2019 02:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

After weeks of intense, sometimes violent nationwide protests, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has relented to demands to rewrite the Chilean Constitution. The protesters say they want a new constitution to...