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Wednesday 09/August/2017 15:48 PM

Amid White House chaos, a rise of the generals

When White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney was asked why President Donald Trump had appointed former Marine officer John Kelly as chief of staff, Mulvaney...

Tuesday 08/August/2017 16:37 PM

Pakistan’s democracy will survive

The decision by Pakistan’s Supreme Court to remove from office Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who had a comfortable majority in the National Assembly, is...

Tuesday 08/August/2017 16:26 PM

Controlling cyber conflict

When cyber-security professionals were polled recently at their annual BlackHat conference in Las Vegas, 60 per cent said they expected the United States to...

Monday 07/August/2017 16:16 PM

The new socialism of fools

According to mainstream economic theory, globalisation tends to “lift all boats,” and has little effect on the broad distribution of incomes. But...