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Monday 09/January/2017 14:13 PM

Comrade Trump and the truth

When US President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month, Americans will be more divided than they have been in years. Never before has an...

Sunday 08/January/2017 15:18 PM

India's cash woes are just beginning

“Give me 50 days, friends,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked citizens after he cancelled 86 per cent of the country’s currency notes. After...

Sunday 08/January/2017 14:52 PM

A sensible plea for limits on immigration

People who want less immigration have been underrepresented in the US Congress. Gallup found that 38 per cent of Americans fall into this category, while 21...

Sunday 08/January/2017 14:28 PM

Trump’s unrealpolitik

Some in the United States have praised president-elect Donald Trump for his supposed realism. He will do what is right for America, they argue, without...

Sunday 08/January/2017 14:10 PM

Europe’s new “indispensable nations”

After the shock of the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States in 2016, this will be a decisive...

Saturday 07/January/2017 15:39 PM

The unraveling of Julian Assange

You almost have to feel sorry for Julian Assange. Shut in at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London without access to sunlight, the founder of WikiLeaks is...

Saturday 07/January/2017 15:12 PM

Will health care be disrupted?

Although intelligent machines are increasingly operating complex manufacturing systems and replacing humans on factory floors, they have not made...

Saturday 07/January/2017 14:39 PM

The pitfalls of strongman populism

The year 2016 showed that the durability of liberal democracy can no longer be taken for granted, even in the West. In fact, Harvard University political...