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Sunday 27/January/2019 14:39 PM

Macron’s great gamble

In reaction to the ongoing “Yellow Vest” revolt in France, President Emmanuel Macron has decided to hold a “grand” nationwide debate. Over the...

Saturday 26/January/2019 14:50 PM

The think-tank dilemma

The Brookings Institution in Washington, DC – perhaps the world’s top think tank – is under scrutiny for receiving six-figure donations from Chinese...

Saturday 26/January/2019 14:47 PM

The world economy goes Hollywood

If there is one useful conclusion that economists and investors can draw from the crazy year that has just ended – indeed, from the whole crazy decade...

Saturday 26/January/2019 14:45 PM

Afghanistan’s forgotten half

When Zalmay Khalilzad was appointed as the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation in September 2018, an end to America’s longest war...

Wednesday 23/January/2019 14:58 PM

America must face reality on China

The agreement in Buenos Aires last December between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, led many to assume that the two...

Wednesday 23/January/2019 14:54 PM

The Trump administration’s farewell to aims

Every now and then, a US political leader descends on Cairo to deliver an address outlining America’s policy objectives in the ever-challenging Middle...

Wednesday 23/January/2019 14:51 PM

Making every development dollar count

In 2017, $146 billion was spent on aid and development. Even this large sum remains a fraction of what would be needed to achieve the United Nations’...

Wednesday 23/January/2019 14:41 PM

The human-rights movement needs America

These are disheartening times for international human-rights advocates. Even those of us who have promoted the human-rights cause for decades, and...

Tuesday 22/January/2019 14:38 PM

Global taxation for the digital age

The question of how to tax increasingly globalized and digitized businesses is vital to the future health of cross-border trade and investment. Sadly, the...