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Sunday 01/July/2018 15:40 PM

Trump undermines himself on trade

US President Donald Trump recently launched a tirade against Harley-Davidson, the iconic American manufacturer of motorcycles. The cause of his outburst –...

Sunday 01/July/2018 15:26 PM

The battle for Germany’s soul

One year after the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the country he led for 16 years seems to be struggling with whether or not to follow his...

Sunday 01/July/2018 15:10 PM

Why governments should invest in sports

As the World Cup unfolds, captivating football fans around the globe, the broad appeal of high-level sports is on full display. But the impact of sports...

Saturday 30/June/2018 15:46 PM

Are Europe’s populists calling the shots?

In 2011, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced from office by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and...

Saturday 30/June/2018 15:34 PM

The transatlantic rupture

The national park of Thingvellir, 30 miles east of Reykjavik, is Iceland’s most important historical site. It is the place where the Vikings founded the...

Saturday 30/June/2018 15:08 PM

Can multilateralism adapt?

Rewind to the late 1990s. After an eight-decade-long hiatus, the global economy was being reunified. Economic openness was the order of the day. Finance was...

Saturday 30/June/2018 15:03 PM

Politics of World Cup football fever

Would fans lay down their lives for football? Bill Shankly, the legendary football player and Liverpool manager, once famously said he was...

Wednesday 27/June/2018 15:00 PM

Renewable Energy: Investing in the Future

Despite several concerted efforts towards economic diversification, the Middle East as a region is still heavily reliant on the oil industry. In order to...

Wednesday 27/June/2018 14:15 PM

Erdoğan the magnificent

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has now fulfilled his ultimate political objective of being the country’s first ever popularly elected executive...