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Sunday 15/April/2018 22:09 PM

South Korea and the end of US credibility

The US-South Korea alliance has been one of the most dramatic geopolitical success stories of the post-war years. But US President Donald Trump now seems...

Sunday 15/April/2018 21:50 PM

India’s big leaky data

India has no coltan or rare earths, little oil, and not enough water. What it does have is people – 1.3 billion and counting. That makes India potentially...

Sunday 15/April/2018 15:49 PM

Making water-smart energy choices

Climate change undoubtedly poses a potent – even existential – threat to the planet. But the current approach to mitigating it, which reflects a...

Sunday 15/April/2018 15:30 PM

Orban and the autocratic spring

It’s been a sweet spring for autocrats. Three of them - in power in China, Egypt and Russia - are outside of what is commonly thought of as the democratic...