PEOPLE SMUGGLING
People smuggling and human trafficking aren’t the same and the difference between them is not always understood. The former is characterised by consent
FRANCE ELECTION
At first glance, it appeared as if the French voters had said a firm ‘no’ to populism and xenophobia. But apparently they had much
ONE BELT ONE ROAD
In January, a freight train from China reached the UK carrying 34 containers packed with clothes, shoes, suitcases and other
DOLLAR DOMINATION
Few would contest that the United States enjoys a privileged status in international trade. Yet, most of this privilege isn’t derived from unfettered markets,
WOMEN OF COURAGE
Shakespeare’s Hamlet may have typified the conventional image of women through his words: “Frailty, thy name is woman.” Yet, history continues to prove that
HERMIT KINGDOM
North Korea’s growing nuclear threat cast an ominous shadow over US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first visit to the
TERRORIST RECRUITMENT
Inequality has become a hot-button topic today – understandably so. The facts are so obscene that it’s difficult to believe they’re real. In January,
SOUTH KOREAN SIEGE
Politicians ascend positions of leadership and often forget their raison d’être, behaving as if they’re not accountable to anyone. Thought leader Katherine
OIL PRODUCTION
It just so happens that the world’s oil wealth is located underneath a land in turmoil. It’s both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because it brings
EUROPE ELECTIONS
While referenda and elections in the UK and the US have always been of interest to those of us in the Eastern hemisphere, the unforeseen rise of populist
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
