Global Geo-political Series: China’s oil embargo on North Korea
Apr 26, 2017 07:14 am UTC| Commentary
Gasoline prices in North Korea are on the rise as its major trading partner China has taken a tough stance towards Pyongyang to force the regime there to come to the negotiating table. China has issued an oil embargo on...
Stuck in the middle, South Korea has few options for securing peace with its Northern neghbour
Apr 25, 2017 06:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
In the culmination of weeks of growing tension in the region, the US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and a Navy carrier strike group is expected to arrive off the coast North Korea today, just as the reclusive nation...
Frexit: how a Le Pen victory could unleash a tsunami of economic volatility
Apr 24, 2017 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
With Marine Le Pen through to the second round of the French presidential elections, the prospect of Frexit, which is at the centre of her economic policies, is beginning to spook financial markets. While the possibility...
The Kremlin has its watchful eyes set on the French elections
Apr 22, 2017 01:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The Ukrainian crisis, from the Maidan protests and the annexation of Crimea to the violent conflict in Donbass, has led to an unprecedented deterioration of relations between Russia and the West. As early as 2014, the West...
Global Geo-political Series: Americans first, Aussies first and Kiwis first
Apr 19, 2017 06:09 am UTC| Commentary
A lot has taken place on the immigration front in the past two days. New Zealand has introduced tougher immigration rules for skilled workers and reaffirmed its new stance as Kiwis first. The countrys immigration minister...
Global Geo-political Series: Sergei Lavrov warns US against unilateral action against North Korea
Apr 18, 2017 05:58 am UTC| Commentary
After the U.S. Vice President Mike pence visited the demilitarized zones between the South and North Korea and warned that the United States strategic patience with North Korea is over and sent a message to North Korea to...
Global Geo-political Series: Russia ready to talk Syrian peace with US and UN
Apr 18, 2017 05:00 am UTC| Commentary
It is working out well between the United States and Russia, despite the fact that the United States has hit a Syrian airbase in response to an alleged chemical attack by the Syrian President Bashar-al Assads government....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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