60 years ago, Suez crisis set a dangerous pattern for Western military intervention
Oct 31, 2016 17:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
By a delicious irony, UK prime minister Anthony Edens disastrous Suez adventure in 1956 coincided with the withdrawal from publication of Sir John Seeleys classic text of British imperialism, The Expansion of England....
Twin suicide bombings in Pakistan point to deep security problems
Oct 31, 2016 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
The continuing prevalence of violence in Pakistan has been reinforced recently with the mass murder of at least 62 police trainees and wounding of nearly 100 others in Quetta in the troubled province of Baluchistan. In...
The spectre of a hard border is not just an Irish problem, it looms across Europe
Oct 30, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The future of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit is proving to be a complex political problem. As negotiators aim to avoid a new hard border between the two jurisdictions, their...
Obama's Nobel-winning vision of 'world without nuclear weapons' is still distant
Oct 30, 2016 23:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Even now, Barack Obama is being hailed as a transformer for the vision of a world without nuclear weapons he articulated during his first year in office. The 44th US president has left an indelible mark on the nuclear...
Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios
Oct 28, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Most military analysts believe its only a matter of time before Mosul falls. Mosul is Iraqs third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of territory the size...
Global Geo-political Series: Key takeaways from Putin at Valdai International discussion
Oct 28, 2016 09:23 am UTC| Commentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the final session of three-day Valdai International discussion clubs 13th annual meeting in Sochi. In the three-day meeting titled, The Future in Progress: Shaping the World of...
Who are the Walloons – and why are they blocking Europe's free trade deal with Canada?
Oct 27, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
Europe, it seems, has been looking in the wrong place to understand its malaise. At different points in the past couple of years, the Poles, the Hungarians and, of course, the British have been singled out as the principal...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects