Putin's mobilisation speech: what he said and what he meant
Sep 22, 2022 07:05 am UTC| Politics
When Vladimir Putin took to Russian television on September 21 he wanted to send three clear headline messages. The first is that the threat of nuclear war is credible and serious. The second is that partial...
Putin plays the annexation card, pushing the war in Ukraine into a dangerous new phase
Sep 22, 2022 07:04 am UTC| Politics
A lot has changed since world leaders last met in person at the United Nations General Assembly: a global pandemic, a looming food crisis, economic stress, climate disasters and, of course, the Russian invasion of...
Sep 20, 2022 06:19 am UTC| Politics
President Joe Biden has not for the first time suggested that the U.S. would intervene militarily should China attempt an invasion of Taiwan. What did Biden say and why was it significant? In an exchange on 60...
Are the West's sanctions against Russia actually working?
Sep 20, 2022 06:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, the United States, the European Union and other countries swiftly imposed a mix of wide-ranging diplomatic and economic sanctions. Russia was excluded from...
Crimea: Ukraine uses new tactics to attempt to take back strategic territory from Russia
Aug 21, 2022 17:21 pm UTC| Politics
Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly replaced the commander of his Black Sea fleet just three days after an attack on the Russian Saki airbase in Crimea, as Ukraines military strategy shifts towards regaining...
Aug 08, 2022 05:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Every five years, the nearly 200 member states of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons meet to review their progress or lack thereof. After being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monthlong...
The US is revisiting its trade relations with African countries: key issues on the table
Aug 08, 2022 05:43 am UTC| Economy
Last year, the USs Biden administration announced plans to increase two-way trade and investment between the US and Africa. The starting point was a revamp of the Trump-era Prosper Africa initiative. As American secretary...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects