DISPUTED OILFIELDS
Within the vast deserts of the Middle East lies a hydrocarbon treasure. Prior to the discovery of oil, the local Bedouins paid no attention to
DIGITAL WORLD
The Digital Transformation Forum 2017 lured attendees with some facts to stop them in their tracks. According to a recent Gartner survey, 20 percent
LIBERATING SRI LANKA
In New Zealand, cultural ties to Europe remain strong – 74 percent have British or European ancestry and New Zealand is essentially
TRUMP’S FIRST 30 DAYS
America gifted its people and the free world with intellectual giants like Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy
TRANSITION OF POWER
As everything must pass, so must the baton from one leader of a nation to the next. Nonetheless, in some countries in the
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Home to a melting pot of nationalities, the population of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – and Dubai in particular – displays unique demographics. In
CANADA TODAY
‘Cold’ is probably the first word on anyone’s lips when they’re asked to describe Canada. The north of the country is so cold for much of the year that the ground
BEIJING’S REACH
When the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port in Hambantota opened in November 2010, the Chinese were welcomed with
BUSINESS ALTRUISM
Last year, I visited an unusual jazz club in London with some friends. The venue didn’t have a menu and the evening’s entrées were
BLACK MONEY
‘A lamp does not speak. It introduces itself through its light.’ Another dimension to this is the metaphorical lamp of honesty shining its light and
SAFE MIGRATION
Now that 2015 has been declared the year in which the highest level of forced displacement occurred globally since World War II, the issue
THE TRUMP ERA
Someone will have to rewrite the rules of diplomacy now that President-elect Donald Trump is striding around the White House
BREXIT REVISITED
It’s fashionable at the moment for every man and his dog to provide an opinion on Brexit… so here’s is my ‘bark’ from New Zealand
MEDIA CENSORSHIP
Historically there’s always been a robust fight against the free spread of information that is accessible to the masses. Given that a journalist’s
THE SILVER TSUNAMI
The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) and Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI) hosted a conference titled ‘Aging in Asia’ in November
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
It was the perfect political sleaze story with all the right ingredients. A young, good looking, politically ambitious woman
UNITED NATIONS TRANSITION
It is possible that the unanimous decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council to appoint António Guterres to the post of
BREXIT BLUES
Influential leaders met recently to debate the implications of Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) at the Brexit and Global
THE SILVER TSUNAMI
“We can never skip growing old. As we grow older, we understand old things and things of old times better,” said Ernest Agyemang Yeboah,
UNITED NATIONS VS. HUMANITY
The UN needs to revisit its original mandate, and honestly review its journey over the past 71 years
