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Wed, June 29, 2022 | 16:17
23. Andrew Hammod
Why the Asia-Pacific has vacuum to fill
The Asia Pacific Economic Council (APEC) held the first extraordinary leadership meeting in its history, Friday, as the region recovers from the pandemic, its biggest economic and political shock since World War II.
2021-07-20 17:05
Why World Population Day matters
As the U.K. government finalizes plans for the forthcoming COP 26 climate summit, this Sunday's World Population Day will underline how much demographic issues have risen on the political radar in recent years, especially on the sustainability front.
2021-07-08 17:00
Why every firm needs foreign policy
One of the success stories of the pandemic has been the fast speed of vaccine development, yet this has not stopped some of the firms developing them, including AstraZeneca, becoming “political footballs” during the last 15 months.
2021-07-01 16:58
Five years on, 'Brexiternity' looms for London and Brussels
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the United Kingdom's landmark EU referendum with the nation's relationship with Europe still in flux and likely to remain so for years to come in what has been called “Brexiternity.”
2021-06-24 16:40
Biden-Putin summit surprises, but ties still frozen
Geneva is home to the European seat of the United Nations and the international headquarters of the Red Cross, yet its unofficial status as the world's “peace capital” did little Wednesday to cut the diplomatic ice in Joe Biden's big summit with Vladimir Putin.
2021-06-20 15:37
BRICS more focused on politics, not economics
Foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) met June 1 for a summit which underlined that, while the bloc was formed originally for its economic potential, it has also seen political cooperation rise to the fore in recent years.
2021-06-06 14:56
Deeply divided UK shown in elections
Results released during the weekend from the U.K.'s “Super Thursday” elections show that the country is more divided, politically, than any time in at least a generation, with the still-significant possibility that Scotland may secede from the union.
2021-05-12 17:24
As Merkel era ends, German politics in flux
With Angela Merkel in her final weeks of power, the German post-war political landscape was in a wider, historic ferment last week, with the Green Party sensationally topping national polls.
2021-05-04 17:05
US climate summit catalyzes COP process
While the eyes of many environmentalists across the world are already on November's U.K.-hosted COP 26 summit, the U.S.-hosted climate conference on Thursday and Friday was key too, in the most important year for global warming diplomacy since 2015.
2021-04-26 17:31
Why Prince Philip's passing may be UK pivot point
With Queen Elizabeth II turning 95 this week, the passing of her husband Prince Philip, whose funeral was Saturday, has highlighted the uncertain future of the U.K. monarchy, and indeed wider United Kingdom, in the post-Elizabethan age to come.
2021-04-21 17:04
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