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Saturday 19/January/2019 21:43 PM

The transatlantic leadership void

Transatlantic security today looks a lot like a ghost plane. With the “crew” incapacitated – that is, bereft of ideas or leadership – it is flying...

Saturday 19/January/2019 14:38 PM

Let’s get real about purpose

One year ago, BlackRock chairman and CEO Larry Fink wrote a letter to 500 CEOs asking them to rethink their sense of purpose. “To prosper over time,” he...

Saturday 19/January/2019 14:35 PM

Agonizing over Afghanistan

After more than 17 years, the time has come to accept two important truths about the war in Afghanistan. The first is that there will be no military victory...

Saturday 19/January/2019 14:32 PM

Breaking India’s cycle of bonded labour

My childhood arrived late. Born to an impoverished family in a stone quarry in Rajasthan, I knew how to crack rocks before I could spell my name. My parents...

Saturday 19/January/2019 14:30 PM

The road ahead for the DRC

In the early hours of January 10, election authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo finally announced that Félix Tshisekedi, leader of the...

Wednesday 16/January/2019 15:14 PM

Selling Africa’s good news stories

Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story...

Wednesday 16/January/2019 14:54 PM

China’s perilous Taiwan policy

The unfolding geopolitical contest between China and the United States has been described by many as a new cold war. If it ever becomes a hot one, the flash...

Wednesday 16/January/2019 14:36 PM

Risks to the global economy in 2019

As Mark Twain never said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you think you know for sure that just ain’t...

Wednesday 16/January/2019 14:24 PM

Why is immigration different from trade?

Despite the current backlash against free trade, exemplified most prominently by US President Donald Trump’s protectionist “America First” agenda, the...

Tuesday 15/January/2019 15:05 PM

Fully filling the global fund

The single most important public health measure of 2019 is the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. These three...