Why the press and the internet must remain uncensored
FROM 1947, Republican Senator Joe McCarthy was able to enthral the US public with the Red Scare, weaponising blacklists and personal attacks for a...
How to prepare for new anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance laws
The pay-off for being proactive about safeguarding your business from association with fraudulent or criminal behaviour will give you peace of mind and can...
NATO — The Frenemy Within
During the Cold War, the insider threat to the transatlantic alliance was either infiltration by the Warsaw Pact or some form of theft. The...
The war on terror: Offense or defense?
Islamic and Palestinian terrorists consider Israel to be a critical beachhead—and proxy—of the United States in the Middle East, and a significant collaborator with...
Intellectuals still have a key role to play in politics
According to an authoritative study of American leaders by the psychologist Dean Keith Simonton, politicians with an impressive formal education fail overall to achieve...
Hong Kong’s new protest regulations are designed by those who don’t like protests
Our police commissioner has no sense of irony. Remember the long-running struggle, during the 2019 disturbances, to persuade the police to obey the law...
Battle of Kyiv: tactics and tricks that saved Ukrainian capital
On 2 April 2022, the Russian army was forced to retreat from the vicinities of the Ukrainian capital. After more than a month of...
The rise of performance politics in Indonesia?
Why is it that in the past few years Indonesia’s democratic scores have fallen while public satisfaction with government performance remains high? Based on...
Toulouse and the birth of modern jihadism
When two young men embellish a Toulouse FC replica shirt with the name of the city’s most notorious mass murderer, is it just a...
Why is China strengthening its military? It’s not all about war
China’s rapid military modernization has spurred considerable fear that the country could provoke a war with the United States. Such fear may owe to...