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Wednesday 31/January/2018 15:18 PM

Moon Jae-in’s Olympic realpolitik

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has made a good start to the New Year. Not only did he broker an agreement to bring North Korea to the Winter Olympic...

Wednesday 31/January/2018 14:56 PM

China’s search for quality growth

As Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his second five-year term, shifting toward “quality growth” is at the top of the country’s policy agenda....

Wednesday 31/January/2018 14:41 PM

Is Germany catching Trump’s tax disease?

After months of negotiations, another grand coalition government – comprising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a grudging...

Tuesday 30/January/2018 16:55 PM

The tragedy of the U.S. ‘victory’ in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi declared victory over IS on December 9, 2017. And while there will still be some fighting, the real war is over. Yet...

Tuesday 30/January/2018 15:00 PM

Davos man kowtows to Trump

It has been a confusing couple of years for “Davos man” – the members of the global hyper-elite who gather each year for the World Economic Forum’s...