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Trump at the UN: Bellicosity and its Costs
To say Donald Trump's UN speech last week was an embarrassment for his country is to understate the case; to say it made the...
President Trump’s UN Speech: Where Idealism Meets Pragmatism
Last week saw the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly where world leaders descended upon New York to give their customary speeches, condemn...
Testing the waters: Saudi women get one-time access to a stadium
Saudi Arabia's 85th birthday could prove to be historic -- one that could put to the test opposition to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's...
Seven Reasons Why Climate Change Is Not a Hoax, Mr. Trump
REASON #1: Consider the category 4 and 5 hurricanes that have developed in one season -- the intensity attributed to climate change. The latest,...
The Plight of Rohingyas – Who is Responsible?
A leading national daily in Nepal recently posted about an art exhibition targeted towards helping the Rohingya community. While this sounded far-fetched at first,...
The crisis of the Italian ruling class
No political, decision-making and economic crisis is devoid of cultural and spiritual implications. Moreover, the traits of this new and so-called elite are superficiality;...
The Perils of President CEO: 7 Reasons Why Business Icons Don’t Make Great Presidents
Let us first start with this declaration: this is not a diatribe against Donald Trump. Rather, it is a tsk, tsk, tsk to the...
Is Bell Pottinger the Turning Point for South Africa’s Anticorruption Fighters?
At the crumbling Bell Pottinger, shock must still be setting in. Less than two years ago after the British PR firm agreed to a...
Cooperation, Not Sanctions, Will Make America Great Again
Someone needs to tell President Donald Trump that his own U.S. Treasury Department chief, Steve Mnuchin, mass purveyor of reckless and short-sighted economic trade...
Modi-Merkel mutually beneficial partnership set to continue
Germany is gearing up to vote for the 19th Bundestag or the Lower House of the Parliament which will, in turn, elect the German...